BBC Food cuts: a recipe for disaster
The BBC is being pressured to ditch recipes from its website. Of course you realise, this means war.
The devil makes work for dusty hands
Another of Cardiff’s favourite food pop-ups lays down permanent roots – but will Dusty Knuckle’s team-up with Crafty Devil do the business?
Sitting in The Dock down the Bay
Brains are betting the farm on a £1.25m new super-boozer in Cardiff Bay called The Dock. But will it sink or swim?
Feed me till I want no more: surviving the Six Nations
It's that time of year again... Here's my guide to surviving the Six Nations in The 'Diff.
Twisted Firestarters: Celt Fire Festival
Wales' most bonkers brewery host their very own fire festival. Will it be a roaring success or a damp squib?
Great Danes
Eating like a Norse at Brød, Cardiff's brand new danish bakery.
Back on the chain gang
Are all chains bad? Pizza and pie joint The Stable may be an exception.
A child’s Christmas in Wales
An alternative Christmas message...
A touch of class
Writing about food is a bit like becoming a Tory MP or getting a job in the media – it’s really hard if you’re not posh.
The sort of words you need …
28 Days Later
I had no idea that I was into S&M until last weekend.
The revelation came to me on Friday night as I sat at the bar in my favourite pub, …
Chai before you buy
Isn’t multiculturalism great? It’s the reason that we can have nice things like Mo Farah getting gold medals, Nadiya winning Bake Off and Idris Elba playing a Norse god.
Some people disagree of course …
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bean
Tea is unquestionably A Good Thing. Empires have been built on it. Crises have been averted, lives saved and biscuits dunked to perfection, all thanks …
Cardiff Brewfest Review: Oh Hoppy Day
Happiness. It’s an elusive thing.
There’s no sure fire way to achieve it despite what the scientists may say. Tequila …
Judge Bread
I’ve never been able to get my head around the fact that the sandwich had to be invented by someone.
You probably know the story – posho with a gambling problem gets peckish, demands oik …
Going OUT out
I’ve written about my favourite pub in Cardiff before. But, much as I love my local for a quiet comfy pint or two, you can’t hide away in the suburbs forever.
Sometimes you’ve …
Some like it haute
We live in a world of pretentious bollocks.
When some hairy-backed cave dweller first stumbled upon the idea of singeing the fur off their mammoth steak before eating it, they couldn’t possibly have imagined the barnstormingly mental heights …
Northern Exposure: Canna Deli Review
Disclaimer: I’ve only been to North Wales once.
I stayed in a tent for three days and drank cheap stubbies of French beer for breakfast before playing the worst gig …
Hardcore Prawn
Seafood can be pretty scary to the uninitiated, and until recently I was a bit skeptical myself.
I decided a long time ago that the sea is not for …
GBBO or GTFO
Berry. Hollywood. Perkins. Other one whose name I can’t spell. Crème Pat. Bin related tantrums. It can only mean one thing: Great British Bake Off is back…
Now, as a 30-something straight man …
Best of the fest
Festival season. A chance to revel in the sights, sounds and unholy stench of your fellow man, catch a few bands and overload your system with a variety of mind-altering substances.…