SLOW service, poor food and outrageously high bills have never persuaded me to inflict GBH on any member of staff at any restaurant I’ve visited during the long and arduous years I’ve been writing this column.Read
Britons are estimated to drink their way through more than £20 million worth of pureed fruit and vegetable drinks every year and smoothies of all kinds are now on sale everywhere.Read
SPAIN isn’t a country renowned for its love of vegetarianism or, indeed, any animal-related activity that fails to involve killing bulls or pushing donkeys off cliffs.Read
THERE was a time long, long ago when exotic meant to me sachets of dehydrated ingredients which, when cooked in water, magically became a plate of curry or bowl of chow mein.Read
AN ATTEMPT at blackmail this week – thankfully exposed – reveals just how far down the path of political correctness we Britons have allowed social workers to advance.Read
BIRMINGHAM may be blessed with some terrific Indian restaurants but it was a very different culinary landscape when Nat Batt unleashed his authentic rogan josh almost 38 years ago.Read
APPARENTLY simple things – such as trying to explain to a woman why it’s a good idea to indicate when changing direction in a car – can actually be rather difficult.Read
NOTHING but admiration fills my heart as I watch Nick Owen and Suzanne Virdee bring professionalism, sophisticated wit and intellectual rigour to Midlands Today.Read
IF YOU get home from work and spend 10 minutes staring despondently in the cupboards before throwing some bread in the toaster or ripping the top off a ready meal, you need to slow down.Read
HERE’S the difficulty: The Fat Cat sees itself as a fine dining establishment and doesn’t quite hit the target. But despite that, I actually enjoyed the food a great deal.Read
HERE’S the difficulty: The Fat Cat sees itself as a fine dining establishment and doesn’t quite hit the target. But despite that, I actually enjoyed the food a great deal.Read
