In these austere times sometimes it’s worthwhile returning to Dickensian practices in the name of survival. Or then there’s just being a hipster. Fresh fruit and vegetables are just so mainstream now. Like, organic—who eats organic these days? Potatoes aren’t underground enough. You get my point. Now, if every you’ve ever had the desire to [...]

One of the best things about rifling through thrift stores is finding old cookbooks, yellowed by time and caked in flour from Country Women’s Association members’ bake sale contributions. You just know that some old dear by the name of Pat, Bev or Eunice has slaved her last arthritic energy into stiffening egg whites to [...]

Any professional lush knows that keeping your booze at optimal frigidity and ice in a solid state is paramount to beverage enjoyment. There’s nowt worse than scrounging around in the bottom of an ice bucket full of molten ice cubes and unidentified slush to find the errant bottle with the last dregs of the good [...]

I’m currently partaking in a crazy fad diet that surely takes inspiration from primitive civilisation: sixteen-hour fasting periods; nuts, berries and raw vegetables; and as much red meat as I can stomach. I won’t be surprised when at the conclusion of the three-week period I’ve regressed at least four evolutionary stages, yet have rocking abs. [...]