Skint foodie, ex bedsit dweller, Bristol food blogger
Forget everything you think you know about baking bread. Think you need warm water? You don't. Think you need a warm place to prove dough? You don't. Think stirring sourdough starter with a metal spoon will kill it? It won't. I headed over to The Thoughtful Bread Company in Bath to take part in a …
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Working literally next door to one of the most well known burger places in Bristol (as featured in the Independent this week!) has been pure torture. Hot summer days with the office window wide open has sent me completely mad after hours of smelling the waft of burger and fries. The Burger Joint has been …
Tucked away on the corner of Whitehall Road is a beautifully lit, cozy cafe bar owned and managed by Sam Espensen of Espensen Spirit fame. I popped in on a Thursday night for cocktails and bar snacks and was warmly welcomed by Sam and her team. The kitchen has been taken over by Pub Grub …
Bath bomb, bath bomb. Who likes a bath bomb? You can make one too if you follow this along... I LOVE a bath bomb. I will spend silly amounts of time pouring over the Lush website, trying to decide which bomb I want to try next. Does one go for colour? Smell? Glitter percentage? I …
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Hands up who LOATHES egg snot. For those who don't know what I am talking about, egg snot is that uncooked egg white often not seen until the last-minute hiding on top of your fried eggs. Often seen sliming provocatively off your fork as your lift it to your mouth, egg snot makes me feel …
If you haven't picked up on the buzz surrounding Espensen Spirit in the last few months you have possibly had your head in a cave or you don't drink. The flavoured and perfectly packaged gins and vodkas made by Sam Espensen and Phil Gillies hit the shelves just before Christmas and have been winging their …
I will start this review by being honest, I have never liked the food at The Flyer. I drink in there pretty often, I live literally across the road and it has a decent garden, enough seating and more recently, a decent selection of beers. The recent update of the interior has made it a …
The plot is starting to turn in for the winter. All i have left growing are sweetcorn and leeks. The corn tastes great but pollination was a bit scatty so not the best crops. However the traumatised leeks have done ok despite starting with 50 seedlings and being left with 6. This is why i …
Bit of an "off brand" update today but it was suggested the story of Boggy George must be told. After a lot of soul-searching and hand wringing i had my heart set on adopting a cat. I had a few reservations about it, I rent for a start, not the sort of thing you do …
I was sent a box of lemonade and tea based drinks who's producers are trying to create social change. Starting as a small outfit in 2008 they have since grown and have raised over £560,000 for development projects in the communities of the organic, Fairtrade farmers that grow their ingredients. The aim is top help these …
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