Pizza Express has always been my favourite pizza restaurant. Maybe it is because there has always been a lovely friendly branch literally four minutes walk from my front door. (My son's favourite take-away throughout his childhood was a 'margherita with extra tuna and …
Another peanut storm…
The recall last week of some 'Whole Hearted Roasted Monkey Nuts' by Booths because the packaging did not declare 'peanuts' on the label has unleashed the usual storm of 'how absurd can we get' comments... But actually, quite unjustifiable... However, since both Alex Gazzola …
The challenges of freefrom catering
All those restaurants who are already seriously nervous about the new 2014 allergy declarations will have been sent into a blue funk by the fate of Jamie's Italian in Portsmouth. They have just pleaded guilty to 'selling food not of the nature and quality demanded by the …
Measles and MMR – again…
Oh dear... Why can governments and government agencies never come clean, be honest and treat us as intelligent people who can, and would like to, think for ourselves... As a result of current measles scare in Wales the health agencies are peddling the same old line – MMR is …
Daffodils….
As a rule, my garden is firmly penned in to its own page on this blog and not allowed to escape. But, so spectacular is this year's display of Ice Follies that it demanded to be let out so that it could be seen by the wider world! The Ice Follies came as the gift and …