IT’S DIFFICULT to see any signs of a recession in London, every restaurant seems to be full, and many now have a ‘no-booking’ policy, so a convivial queue forms round the corner for a table in the hottest spots.
On BBC1’s reality TV show The Apprentice during the week, the aspiring entrepreneurs were challenged to develop marketing campaigns for English sparkling wines. I’m taking a closer look at how they fared on the blog today (blakecreedon.wordpress.com) but some more immediate questions are raised by the programme.
THERE’S a butcher shop on Moxon Street, in London, called The Ginger Pig.
Today I’m looking at a wine sale in Tesco, but I have to begin with a reminder that can’t be repeated often enough.
I LOVE the sound of seagulls calling, squalling, squabbling and chasing each other for fun or a wriggly fish — it reminds me of holidays in Tramore as a child, ice-cream cones, sand buckets, little fishing nets, and picnics by the Metal Man.
THE market for wine is like a pyramid: tiny quantities of rare and expensive stuff on top; rather a lot of widely available inexpensive wines in the middle, and cheapies competing on price at the bottom.
TWO terrific cookbooks written by two crazily busy mums came my way this week.
WITH spring lamb coming into season, now’s the time to consider what to put with it.
This weekend I’m heading to Sandbrook in Co Carlow to celebrate International Slow Food Grandmother’s Day.
Use Michelle Darmody’s guide to create five simple, nutritious midweek dinners
Treyvaud’s in Killarney provides rare good value in a town where some premises are still leaning towards prices that were more fitting in the Celtic Tiger era.
M&S has a great track record with bubbly, selling quite a few that are both good and affordable.
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