I remember a time when supper at TGI Fridays meant a huge tasty feast and some rather good cocktails. I suppose it was a while ago and the whole American style of service and overdressed salads was still a bit glamourous. However, a recent trip to the Fridays at Braehead left me with nothing but […]

I’m 40 years old and I’ll probably never again boil a poultry carcass to make stock. There, I said it and it feels good. For years after a roasted bird, I boiled pans full of evil-looking bones and scummy stock. The end result was a kitchen full of a foul smelling steamy fug followed by […]

Please tell me I’m not alone.Recently I’ve been going to Marks & Spencer to buy something for tea and popping a bag of Percy Pigs in the basket “for the kids”. Then when I get home the children – and the Panther – get two each and I scoff the rest til I feel sick.

The Panther turned his hand to culinary matters and produced a lovely supper.Pan fried lamb steaks with a mint and rosemary gravy and sweet potato mash. He’s a bit of a dab hand in the kitchen, it has to be said. But good meat really makes a difference and ours came from donaldrussell.co.uk.

“So how do mummies get babies in their tummies then?” asked Number Two Son in his very carrying voice.In spite of the lunchtime rush, the Real Food Cafe in Tyndrum went oddly quiet. I tried passing the buck but for once the News Panther seemed stuck for an answer. In fact, he was probably the […]