It still stings, even after all this time. The table cloths were crisp and white, the frock perfect, the back-ground tinkle and hum sophisticated and the waiter attentive. Or at least he was. “I think we’ll have a bottle of the soave (pronounced to rhyme with Hove) thanks.” The sneer was fleeting, but it signalled […]
I love my children very much, but I wish they’d stop giving me rubbish
50 Shades of Mince – Family Supper at the Fisher’s Hotel, Pitlochry
They had me at “we’ll supply you with Soreen”…
Inboxes are funny old things. One minute they’re full of once-in-a-lunchtime offers to do something you don’t fancy for a few quid off and dodgy press releases, and the next well there’s something wonderful. And on one day last month, it was an email inviting me to test and help promote Soreen in exchange for free […]
How can I cure a picky eater?
Food, for me, is one of life’s joys. I’ve never understood pickiness, it’s all marvellous to me. A decade or so ago, I fully anticipated family meals of the future where my children happily tucked in to whatever tasty treat I’d rustled up, turning their noses up at breadcrumbed pap in favour of sophisticated flavours. […]