Manchester Food & Drink Blog
Anyone else craving really nostalgic food? We’ve had a few trends already. Everyone was making banana bread. Then everyone’s been making cinnamon buns (guilty!). But I’d been craving something for weeks. Iced fingers. Whether they’re the Gregg’s version, the Aldi ones (which are a little sweeter and fluffier), there’s something deeply comforting about them. Soft…
As I write this, I’m on my first official day of furlough. I’m currently looking at an email I’ve received from a PR offering instructions on how to brush your teeth. I mean, I appreciate it’s a challenging time but… (Joking aside, my sister is a dental nurse/hygiene specialist and if I didn’t know, I’d…
Well it’s official. I’m out of Tequila. And I’m on the last bottle of Mezcal. For some reason, Margaritas and Gibson Martinis have become my lockdown quarantini of choice. So when it came to finding a spirit to pair with my peach jam, something smoky was off the table. Thankfully, something else popped into my…
I love a Sunday roast. I think most people do. And it’s a split between the food itself, and the memories I think. There’s nostalgia wrapped in every Yorkshire pudding, every roast potato, every drop of gravy. Memories of family, of friends. Of sitting around a big table laughing (or fighting, I mean not every…
We blink, and it’s May. I could add a Justin Timberlake reference here, but I won’t. I already have his voice in my head saying it almost every time I type May, and I’m sure I’m not alone. Speaking of blinking and things happening far too soon, my furlough starts at the end of the…
I don’t know about you, but I’m cooking a lot. Not that I didn’t before this whole lockdown situation, but now, more than ever the first question I ask the husband is ‘what do you fancy for tea?’. It’s almost turning into a chore. The only thing that’s keeping it from becoming one is the challenge…
It feels rather nice to be writing about booze again. Kind of like putting on an old comfortable coat, even if in this case, it’s a spirit I’m not all that familiar with. So maybe it’s like putting on someone else’s old comfortable coat, and marvelling in how it feels, how it’s different to mine,…
Before all this *indicates the world* I was due to have a further date in Liverpool, where I was going to visit Turncoat Distillery‘s bar in Royal Albert Dock. Obviously that won’t be happening any time soon, but thankfully I had the remnants of a bottle of one of their gins just waiting for me…
Hi, yes, we’re back to Mondays again. I’ll try and be more consistent and not go randomly off on one, moving stuff to Tuesdays and confuse everything. Everything else is confusing enough. I’m glad to have this space as a bit of a vent. The last few days have been a bit of a rollercoaster….