Wednesday 27th January 2010
I drink too much. Far too much, you could say, and you’d be right. Some, though not me, try to counter this problem by making a New Year’s Resolution to stop drinking, or to at least cut down. But that’s difficult, when you’re dying for a pint after work, or fancy a cool beer on [...]
We interrupt our weekly Twitter digests with a quick word from MasterChef HQ. Because if it is said that a picture paints a thousand words, how few words can you get away with writing if, rather than carefully scripting a post, you instead chuck up a quick animated video?
A few weeks ago I came [...]
It’s Spain this week, and no food speaks more of that fine nation than paella. Except perhaps patatas fritas. Anyway, here is my authentic recipe for paella, gleaned from a tiny piece of card attached to a fridge magnet my parents brought back from Benalmadena some years ago, and you can’t get much more authentic [...]
What do you do when you find that the opinions of those you ostensibly agree with are as annoying as the views of those whose arguments you oppose? Well, in my case you finally delete your proposed blog post on the G20 protests, feel a weight lifted off your shoulders, a release of endorphins, and [...]
Tuesday 17th February 2009
SCENE: Backstage at MasterChef HQ. John Torode and Greg Wallace are discussing which two out of the four contestants should go through to the next round.
John: So, what did you think of Stephanie?
Greg: I thought Steph was brilliant. She’s got the lot.
John: I agree.
Greg: She’s what MasterChef is all about. [...]
Thursday 4th September 2008
With the boy having been packed off to school for the start of the new term it is time for the exciting relaunch of The Obscurer, and today I am going to get back into the swing of blogging by using my skilfulled, crafty prose to tackle one of – if not the – most [...]
They say Pensioner Pie is back in style. I say it never went out. Of style.
It’s Thursday, and you’re on the High Street. Feeling peckish? Then luck is at hand, fate is in your pocket, and you’re wearing good fortune like a comfy old scarf.
I’m more of a Chicken & Mushroom man myself, but I’ll try anything once.
Tuesday 5th February 2008
I bring good news for those of you fortunate enough to be within spitting distance of a Sayers or Hampsons bakers.
Introducing new “Toast Plus”, a bold and startling innovation. Just in case, whether through failing eyesight or sheer laziness, you are unable to read the accompanying photograph (left), “Toast Plus” re-imagines the humblest of breakfasts [...]