Fans of history will be well aware of the shifting state of borders and allegiances across Central Europe. Kingdoms, states and principalities came an...
It’s a new year and an extremely cold and wet start for many of us. So, I thought it would be a great idea to post something suitable for the dreary d...
For my last recipe of the year, I wanted to post something which involves beer, is appropriately seasonal and, most of all, reflects my cooking style....
It has just been half-term in our household and following tradition we made our Christmas cakes - yes, we have several, having first soaked the fruit...
A pizzaiolo is a chef specially trained to make pizzas. I spent several years of my career training pizzaiolos across the country and cannot begin to...
This month’s recipe is refreshing, fun and, best of all, as easy as pie. To be honest, a lot easier than baking a pie. To date, the recipes I’ve sugge...
Summer is all about groups of friends socialising, maybe watching sport, barbecuing a feast of flavour or just grabbing a beer in a pub beer garden. I...
Last weekend I was lucky enough to visit Guernsey for a christening and enjoyed the first really lovely spring evening of the year, sipping the local...
It’s June 1997, and The Verve released their hit single Bitter Sweet Symphony. It is really quite a bleak song to be honest, but the title perfectly c...
Will you be celebrating St Patrick’s Day with a couple of pints of stout and a hearty bowl of Irish stew? A couple of hundred years ago Beamish was by...