Musings on Starters, Mains, Desserts and Second-Helpings…
Posted in British, England, Food Commentary, Pub, crisps, flavor, flavour, food, fried on Oct 5th, 2008
We recently invited you to tell us what your top five flavors of potato crisps/chips are, and we were, frankly, amazed that so many of you did. Not only that, we were surprised by the variety of flavors you selected. It seems that there is a wide world of taste out there and we are […]
Posted in British, England, Food Commentary, Pub, alcohol, beer, chips, crisps, crispy, flavor, flavour, food, fried, salt, vinegar on Sep 25th, 2008
Those of you who have watched or read Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity, will be familiar with the idea of top fives. In the movie, the main character (played by John Cusack) is a record shop owner, who spends most of the movie revisiting the demise of his past relationships, and in so doing, constantly re-imagines […]
Posted in British, England, Europe, Food Commentary, Manchester, Pub, ale, beer, culture, drink, food, important details, television show, travel on Nov 30th, 2007
So, as the beautifully illustrated post by my wife (see below) attests, we were recently in the UK, and spent a good portion of that trip inside pubs enjoying traditional pub food and cask-conditioned, hand-pulled ales.
I describe the beers in this way for a reason. You see, the old joke that Americans never seem to […]
Posted in England, Europe, Food Commentary, Manchester, Pub, Restaurant Review, food, indulgent meal, restaurant, tourism, tradition, travel, unhealthy on Nov 27th, 2007
We’re back from our quick, 5-day trip to Northern England to visit Jonny’s family and I may just go to bed at 9PM like I did last night! The problem with these quick trips home (I feel like it’s kind of my home these days) is that by the time you’re over the jet lag, […]
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