Essex Eating

I’ve always been slightly intrigued by Brown Windsor Soup. I’ve read mention of it countless times, generally in the context of Victorian o...

Regular visitors to my blog may have heard me mention ‘ The Eagle Cookbook ’ once or twice in the past two years. Despite amassing a collect...

Bitter experience has taught me that where it comes to dining out, expectation often leads to disappointment. I’ve lost count of the instanc...

The last time I actually wrote about our Bristol supperclub ‘The Basement’ was just after our second event in October last year. We were com...

In our ‘Montpelier Basement’ guise, ‘E’ and I were proud to be asked to provide lunch for the attendees of Bristol’s ‘ Cheese School ’ on Su...

It’s been 2 weeks or so since Michelin published their 2011 guide. As is now almost customary, I scoured the lists of restaurants, and held ...

If you happened to be a passing my basement kitchen last night, and stopped to listen closely. You might have heard the torrent of filthy cu...