Archive for ‘Bought Food Products’

Spinach is my BFF I crave it, sometimes irrationally, and I cannot rest until I've had my fill of this luscious green. I am convinced people who say they hate spinach have simply been served the frozen variety during their childhood, and frozen spinach really is enough to scar a person for life. I think a palak or saag is the perfect way to convince a person that spinach ...

A friend recently convinced me that I ought to try Abel and Cole's organic fruit and veg box scheme, so I figured I'd give it a go. Why not? I'm all for supporting local farmers and for supporting organic principles. The reason I have avoided companies like this in the past is because, due to my cynacism, I didn't want to jump on the bandwagon and ...

Sage is one of my favourite herbs. It's beautiful to look at on my windowsill (and believe me, it's plentiful; my awesome mother-in-law buys me loads!) and it's fantastic to eat. One of the best ways to serve it, in my opinion, is simply fried in a little butter until it's just nice and crispy. Here I've just made a simply gnocchi recipe ...

I am an American expat living in the UK, and I am happy to be living here; food is one of the greatest reasons. Even while I fear this country is going in the same direction as the US in terms of unhealthy diet and an unhealthy relationship with food, I still feel much happier with my diet here in England. People here don't go out to eat ...

Anyone who knows me will know I'm a huge fan of Starbucks (yeah, yeah, I know). Their coffee is 98% of the time completely reliable across the globe. The problem I have with a lot of coffee places is that their standards change constantly. I'm sure when you've got the quality of an espresso machine as afforded by Starbucks ...

A few years ago I tried to make these myself, and they were okay, but certainly not brilliant. When I found these vegetarian goodies at Wing Yip in Croydon, I was delighted. I was even more delighted when I tasted them! They're dead simple (just boil for a few minutes) and taste like heaven. I'm a huge fan of ...