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Review: Fishmore Hall, Ludlow

[singlepic id=103 w=320 h=240 float=right]I think I may have mentioned that we live in Ludlow at the moment. Before our year of travelling around the world we were in London, now we’re in the woolly Welsh marches. Do I need to tell you about Ludlow? I expect everyone likely to be reading a food blog …

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Review: The Bell Inn, Yarpole

[singlepic id=100 w=160 h=1200 float=right]This weekend was clearly doomed. Doooooomed! Which is another way of saying that we were too late trying to book the restaurant(s) we wanted and so ended up eating somewhere dull on Saturday night. And then we didn’t even manage to rectify things with a good Sunday lunch, making for pretty …

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Spicy beetroot soup

[singlepic id=96 w=240 h=180 float=right]There’s definitely a nip in the air this morning. A little frost in the shadows and by the road was a big old toadstool with a puddle of water on its upturned cap that was still frozen. Steamy breath and a hazy sun on the rooftops of Ludlow. I love chillies …

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Review: The Chilli Pickle, Brighton

[singlepic id=95 w=240 h=180 float=right]Oooo… lovely. A cup of steaming hot chai, sweet and spicy and milky and deeply reviving. Exactly as you’d get it from a good chai-wallah in Delhi. In fact it takes me straight back to the spice market in Jodhpur, or the book seller in Udaipur. While I got sick to …

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Apple soufflé with white chocolate parfait

[singlepic id=90 w=320 h=240 float=right]I spend more time reading food blogs now that I have a food blog. Inevitable perhaps, but I’ve certainly learned some new things to do with favourite ingredients and I’ve got some good tips for restaurants to try (and others to steer clear of). It’s a nice way to while away …

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