Manchester Food & Drink Blog
Some recipes get stuck in my head, and this one, this savoury version of a bread and butter pudding is no different. Once a friend had introduced me to the Marks and Spencer chilli cheese hot cross buns, I was a super keen jelly bean. I mean, I have form for bread and butter pudding…
So… Those of you who read my stuff regularly may have noticed that I didn’t post yesterday. That’s because I’ve had this recipe for a gin soaked tropical pavlova in my to do list for a bit. And I made it ages ago. But, um, I lost the photos somewhere. Can’t find them anywhere. So,…
Way back in 2017, I competed in my first powerlifting competition, Tattooed & Strong. It was in equal terms exhilarating, terrifying, and reinforced the community feel I have with powerlifting. In that year following, I entered six more competitions, to give me an experience within the three federations, the difference between push pull (deadlift and…
Some posts are hard to write. Sometimes, the subject it close to home, sometimes there’s just a little bit of writers block – staring at a page until your brain finally kicks in. And sometimes, you remember how good everything tasted, and you’re only just on your first cup of coffee and suddenly you’re starving looking at…
It’s fair to say that as a kid I was not particularly sporty. I mean, I liked to play out – run about, I even played a little rugby/football kick about. But actual sports? Competitive stuff? Not a chance. I’m such a mixed bag when it comes to being competitive. When I did my distance…
I’m a bit of a snack lover. What’s more, I’m a bit of a cheese snack lover. As I write, I have two packets of crispy cheese snacks on my desk (both opened, but clipped shut so they stay fresh), I often have single Babybels rolling around in my handbag. And I had cheese at…
I love Liverpool. I really do. Despite it being physically bigger than Manchester, it’s got that independent feel about that Manchester seems to have lost a little. We still have indies, plenty of them, but we’ve also seen a lot of bigger names move in from down south and further north. They’ve seen the food and drink scene…
Spring is coming. Honest, I promise. Despite the weather of the last few weeks, pummelling us with cold, wind and rain, the crocuses and snowdrops I’ve spotted on the grass around work give me hope. Because with Spring comes new produce, a new season, which means new menus. Slowly we lose the winter stodge, and…
I’m not sure where to start with this one. Normally somewhere new would come under the heading ‘opening’. But Shoku has been open since November last year. And in this case it was an invited blogger dinner coordinated by Lost in Cheshire. So I can’t really call it a review either. The attendees (for the…