A Scottish Supper at Mac & Wild: I’ve been to Mac & Wild for brunch and thoroughly enjoyed the somewhat tongue in cheek menu with square sausages and scooby snacks joining classic brunch dishes for an indulgent roam through Scotland. There’s something of a lack of good Scottish restaurants in London – while for me, […]
Balblair Whisky at Mac and Wild
Balblair with Mac and Wild: A match made in heaven is a term that’s often overused, but every now and again can be appropriately used to great effect. One of the oldest Highland Whisky distilleries in Scotland, Balblair, teamed up with Mac and Wild, a restaurant that serves the very best of Scottish ingredients, game […]
Life in Leftovers – 5:2 Diet Recipe for Spicy Venison Rissoles
Leftover Venison – Spicy Rissoles – a 5:2 Diet Recipe: There is a curious life-cycle to leftover Christmas food that seems to work in pretty much the same way no matter which animal and vegetables you eat on Christmas Day. On the big day you feast happily on a heaped, steaming plate of food. Someone will […]
Green Man and French Horn Review
A Review of Sorts – Green Man and French Horn: Lack of photographic evidence from my restaurant visits can be a result of my appalling skills with the camera, of poor light or, as in this case, simply because I am enjoying the food and company too much to take a lot of snaps. I […]
Skinny Toad-in-the-Hole for 5-2 Diet
5-2 diet recipe for Toad in the Hole and low calorie recipe planning: I think it is much easier to diet when the weather is good. At this time of year I really want comfort food, warm starchy things that fill me up with a kind of internal heating system. And if I wasn’t following […]
Sausage, Mash and Wine!
Venison Sausages with Celeriac Mash and Red Wine: Oddbins have been doing a very interesting promotion. They’ve put together a group of 6 wine writers and asked them to create a mixed case of Oddbins wines. Now, while I am no expert, I generally select the wines that I put in a case myself. Why? […]
Venison like Beef like Heston
Well not quite;) I’ve been doing a cookery challenge to make Heston’s chilli. I was quite pleased with the end result, despite a little cheating along the way. But, I’ve got fed up with eating chilli so today I bought myself some venison and decided to try using Heston’s steak method on my venison strip […]
Venison Carpaccio with Wild Mushroom Balsamic Salad
Venison Carpaccio I’ve been messing around with mushrooms! Apart from four jars of pickled mushrooms, I have made a porcini marinade and a rather delicious balsamic mushroom salad. And, since I had a small piece of venison fillet, I thought I’d try a venison carpaccio to go with the salad. I could just as easily […]
1+ Venison Tagliata
Spoil yourself with Venison Tagliata Venison is a red meat that is lean and low in cholesterol. Although certain varieties of wild venison can only be bought fresh during the open season, free range (park) venison and farmed venison is available all the year round. I wanted to experiment with a tagliata recipe I normally […]