No, this wasn’t a charity thing to help raise funds for Mila’s Holt’s habit. Besides, I don’t vote Conservative (especially under Steve) though they are a more palatable alternative as the thought of Jack as PM …

The ingredients for a roast pork sandwich don’t necessarily have to be assembled as a roast pork sandwich – they look nice (and taste nice) as a straight-out plating.

 Synchronicity? Serendipity? Some amazing forethought?
Probably not.
I think it’s a fluke coinkidink that I happened to be reading this specific book at the same time that my pal Butter Boy decides to run off to have a vegan …

From left: cucumber and kombu shiozuke (left), Thai-style grilled beef salad (centre), asparagus and tomato salad with saikyo miso dressing and toasted black sesame. I figured I may as well reset my butter-loving pal’s palate …

I will start by stating for the record that my favorite vegan meal consists of foie gras. So there.
This post is about Butter Boy, but for one of the few times on this blog, it actually isn’t …

First of all, it’s German, not Italian.
It’s pronounced “meal-a”, with the “a” pronounced as it is in “apple”, and it’s essentially a century-old German company whose products are designed by overachieving anal-retentive engineers. Most people know them for vacuum …