Sunday, my absolute favourite day. A chance to breathe and do what I want without that feeling of urgency that I often have in the week. I always find myself chasing my tail Monday to Saturday with work commitments, places to visit and blog posts to write, but on Sunday that all changes. I feelRead more
Restaurant 44 resides on Queen Street, Exeter. A short hop and a skip from Central Station and the High Street. Occupying the site of numerous restaurants over the years in many incarnations, I was intrigued to see what this newly opened, independent bar and restaurant had to offer. When I was invited to Restaurant 44Read more
A week or so ago I hopped in the car with my chum Sarah and headed down to Riverford Field Kitchen, Buckfastleigh. We were booked on one of their spring vegetable cookery demonstrations with head chef Patrick Hanna and I’m not going to lie. We were pretty excited about it! After a hairy last 10Read more
Happy Birthday Tara’s Busy Kitchen & Other Stories! Can you believe that it’s been three years since I first put pen to paper so to speak? I couldn’t possibly celebrate a birthday without cake and this Banana and Jujube Fruit Cake with a Honey and Walnut Glaze fits the bill very well in my eyes.Read more
Welcome to my April roundup. Once again my month has been full to bursting with wonderful opportunities and experiences. I feel very blessed. April has been pretty chilly on the whole. Everybody I know including myself are desperate for warmth in the sun so we can ditch the bobble hats and coats. It seems likeRead more
You might be fooled when walking in through the door of NGNG on Fore Street in Exeter that you have entered one of the biomes at The Eden Project. Full to bursting with amazing greenery in all shapes and sizes on the floor, hanging from the ceiling and adorning the walls. This surely has toRead more
Gosh how time flies. I can’t believe it’s already been two weeks since my wonderful evening at Kupp. From the second Steve and I walked through the door we were greeted with a smile and shown to our table. Danny, the manager on duty couldn’t have been more welcoming. We were offered drinks menus andRead more
My love of cheese is legendary. In fact, there was a murmuring that I was the second most influential person on the local cheese scene!! I still don’t know who was number one but I really hope it was the Queen of cheese, Mary Quicke. So, as you can imagine, having an opportunity arise whereRead more
I recently had the pleasure of visiting Le Vignoble, Bath and I have to say it was a gem of a find. From the moment I stepped through the glass doors into the bar area, I knew I was in for a treat. The smart, modern interior complete with velvet covered chairs, wooden tables andRead more
Magdalen Road is one of the few roads in Exeter with a predominately independent shopping scene. You can get pretty much anything there from a ukulele to bright pink rhubarb. It’s a real gem of a street and only a ten-minute walk from Exeter’s city centre. I think many people visiting Exeter don’t know itRead more