Posts Tagged ‘pasta’

James Whelan Butchers: Blackberry Time

Friday, August 22nd, 2014 in Foodie Articles, Good Food | No Comments »

The kids and I did some blackberry picking at the weekend.  It’s hard to believe that it’s that time of year again.  And where there are blackberries there are new school bags, packed to gills with new books and virgin stationery waiting to fulfil their very purpose.  In nature the schoolbag would be seen as […]

James Whelan Butchers: Latin America

Friday, March 22nd, 2013 in Good Food | No Comments »

Inspiration for food, how we eat and how we cook is all around us. It is often a simple phrase, something in a newspaper, an innocent observation perhaps that will strike a mental chord and turn into a food thought. Writing also shares that space of infinite inspiration in the world around and about us. […]

James Whelan Butchers: Pass the Pesto

Saturday, February 18th, 2012 in Foodie Articles | No Comments »

  Having a mildly rebellious spirit the idea of Valentines Day leaves me a little cold.  I don’t like being told that on any given day I should be particularly loving or affectionate.  It always seems staged, lacking in spontaneity, and the mere fact that I am expected to do something makes me not want […]

James Whelan Butchers: Ravioli Revelation

Thursday, July 14th, 2011 in Foodie Articles | No Comments »

So many wonderful, unique things in this world have been taken and murdered by mass marketing and general misuse. So much so we are in grave danger of missing out on some tremendous experiences. It has happened in every facet of life. For example Paul Simon is a wonderful songwriter who gave us a lovely […]