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I’ve won!

And I’m chuffed to bits. Here it is:
A recipe competition with Red magazine in association with Waitrose.
 (For those outside the UK I should explain that Red is an upmarket lifestyle magazine in the UK targeting women 30+; Waitrose is a posh, middle-England supermarket. Both are very respectable brands indeed.)
 Actually, I have not actually seen [...]

Eating Out in October

Flicking through a magazine, I’ve noticed that during October the Fight Hunger / Eat Out campaign takes place. Interesting enough to investigate, so I did. Here is the deal: each October participating restaurants donate part of the price of a particular dish to the Action Against Hunger charity. This has been going since 1998 – [...]

Julie & Julia: The Movie

I, kind of, have and have not read the reviews. I saw the ratings it received in the Sunday Times (good) and the FT (not too good), but I did not read the critique in detail. So I wasn’t sure what to expect when I went to see it last night, although a friend who [...]

Bumping to Baines at BMW

Ed Baines, that is – a charismatic TV celebrity chef, who happened to be running a live demo cooking class at one of the BMW dealers.  
Making little sense? Let me explain. I got an invite through the post that said I could look at some cars while sipping some wine, having my nails manicured and [...]