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Instructional Lessons for Ladies and Scoundrels with Hendrick’s Gin

Last week, I received an e-mail entitled thusly: “Congratulations aspiring scholar, Hendrick’s Schools await you Monday 20th February!“ Aside from a couple of missing commas in the above sentence (*ahem*), this was a beautiful sentence to read, for I had “applied” to attend Hendrick’s School of Wooing and Eluding at The Lonsdale in Notting Hill. Per … Continue reading »

delicious cabbage wonderfood from somine

Şömine, the Turkish Diner of Dalston

Sömine, Somine or Şömine. It’s only recently I’ve been referring to “that 24 hour soup place” by name, and even now I’m probably not pronouncing the name correctly. However you refer to it, Sömine is a treasure of Dalston. It provides excellent Turkish food at a great value at all hours of the day or … Continue reading »

Dear Internet: Help me find a job this month and I will bake for you

Seriously. So, like many other young(ish) folks in cities all across this great globe, I am looking for gainful employment. In addition to applying for jobs online, and having a cadre of kind friends keeping their eyes and ears open for job opportunities for me, I’d like to put out a request to those of … Continue reading »

Camden Town Brewery Tour

So earlier this week I was lucky enough to be on a tour of Camden Town Brewery, a small brewery located right here in London and, due to the wonders of the Overground, is only about fifteen or twenty minutes away from where I live. Located in a handful of railway archways, Camden Town Brewery … Continue reading »

Yo Ho Ho and 400 Bottles of Rum: UK RumFest, 15th & 16th of October

So I was invited to cover the upcoming UK RumFest for this humble little food & drink blog, as well as for The Other Side magazine (whom I also have begun writing for). I’m quite intrigued, as I normally don’t drink rum, although I have used it to bake with in various rum cakes–particularly a … Continue reading »

App Review: Great British Chefs

Earlier this month, Great British Chefs had advertised that their iPhone and iPad apps, were on sale half-off this month. I’ve been following Great British Chefs, mostly on Twitter and Facebook, so I downloaded their app onto my iPhone for $3.99. I think the usual price for the American iTunes Store is $6.99, but I … Continue reading »

Age and Expectations in the Contemporary London Pub Survey

Hello, there. I’ve made up a survey for some research I’m doing for London pub-goers. If you have 5 or 10 minutes to spare–about the time it takes to drink that morning coffee or tea (or pint)–and you live in London, please fill this survey out, and pass it around to your friends, associates, Twitter … Continue reading »

A Quick Update: Back in London

Hey there, just a quick update on this blog that I *swear* I will update soonish: I’m back in London. Yay! More entries soon, including further updates on the 100 Pubs Project (as well as an update for the 50 American Beers, too!). I’ve been busy putting together photo entries to revive Abandoned in London as well … Continue reading »

Beer #6: Lagunitas Pils

I don’t often drink pilsner beers. Normally I opt for a pale ale or a wheat beer if I want something lighter, but in the name of beer sampling, I thought I’d try something that’s a little different from what I normally go for. The Lagunitas Brewing Company is out of Petaluma, California, making this … Continue reading »

I See London Photojournal Project

Hi there. In addition to writing about food, or really, about beer, I also write about other things, and I take lots of pictures. I’ve recently decided to start a photojournal project about my first year in London, told primarily through pictures and short essays. The project will be called I See London: A Love … Continue reading »

Beer #5: Great Divide Colette

Recently at Stardust I noticed a new beer bottle appear in the beer cooler that piqued my curiosity: a dark brown bottle with a yellow label with the name “Colette.” I’m a sucker for good design, and the label of the bottle features a lovely silhouette of a young farm girl with a pitchfork. Very … Continue reading »

Beer #4: Left Hand Milk Stout

Again, it’s been a while since I’ve added to the beer list. I need to start being a bit more dedicated to my goal of 50 American beers, lest I move back to London and completely come up short, which would be really embarrassing, since I work in a place that sells all kinds of … Continue reading »

Marching for One More Penny: The Coalition of Immokalee Workers Pickets Publix Supermarkets in Tampa Bay (via ACCESS DENIED)

This is an excellent write-up regarding food production and labour rights in Florida. Publix is a local supermarket giant, and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) have been fighting for better wages, working conditions and respect for farmworkers for nearly two decades now. For those of us who feel that farmers and farmworkers should receive … Continue reading »

My Response to “What Does a Vegan World Actually Look Like?”

In an article on Treehugger.com, Sami Grover asks “What Does a Vegan World Actually Look Like?” I found the article interesting, however not without some flaws of thought. A particular passage in the article particularly rankled me. Would a Vegan World Be Less Cruel? Clearly eating meat, or supporting the death that is inherent in … Continue reading »

Eating Animals

Recently I finished reading Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals, a book that’s part food memoir, part investigative journalism and part interview, all focusing on the problematic consumption of animals, particularly in the United States. As someone who has read other accounts of factory farming and the inhumane treatment of animals in these type of “farms,” … Continue reading »

New Role as Stardust Admin

Hey there. So I’ve recently become the co-administrator for Stardust Video & Coffee’s site, www.stardustie.com, so in addition to my other blog and projects above, I’ll also be putting up posts such as this one on Courtney’s Le Petit Prince cocktail, photographs of the everyday, profiling Stardust dance parties like The Video Dept. and other … Continue reading »

Sandwich Bar, Robinson Street

I love sandwiches. If there was a type of food that I was restricted to eating, I would pick sandwiches over pizzas, curries, sushi, burritos, wraps or any other sorts. I could potentially live and live all right as a sandwichterian. Thankfully, I won’t have to (as I do love some pizza & etc), but … Continue reading »

Beer #3: Cigar City Maduro

It’s been over a month since I last blogged about a beer in my 50 American Beers Project, much to my embarrassment. Here to rectify that is the newest beer to be featured in the project, and our first Florida beer. Cigar City Brewing of Tampa is the source of the Maduro, a deep rich … Continue reading »