Contents of the 'Books' Category

Mushrooms: River Cottage Handbook

Saturday, September 15th, 2007

I’ll admit it: I’m a bit of a River Cottage fanatic. Yes, that means this book “review” is going to be biased, and I’m probably viewing it through rose tinted glasses (my copy was pre-ordered the moment I heard about it and the signed copy arrived last week with the accompanying DVD!). […]

The Great British Village Show Cookbook

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

Patriotism seems to be something of a theme lately amongst cookbooks; first was the Great British Menu Cookbook, and now there’s this - the Great British Village Show Cookbook. You’ll probably be glad to know that they’re nothing like each other.

Great British Menu Cookbook

Saturday, July 7th, 2007

Well now, a few weeks spent away from blogging and it seems like I’ve been gone forever. Still, my town came off reasonably well by local standards in the floods. Water water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink..

Hands up if you live in the UK but didn’t catch at least one episode […]

How to cook the perfect…

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

In these days where celebrity chefs are being forced down our throats in everything from supermarket adverts to political campaigns, you could be forgiven for being a little sceptical of ‘yet another’ cook book. What sets this one apart from the rest?

Marcus Wareing is one of those names you don’t instantly recognise, despite his […]

Dr. Michael Greger Interview

Friday, February 16th, 2007

Dr. Michael Greger, for those that don’t know, is the author of the book “Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching”. He’s also Director of Public Health and Agriculture at The Humane Society Of The United States. That’s prettty impressive!
We’re interviewing him now on this site with reference to Bird […]