Ever willing to jump on any faddish bandwagon which happens to be passing his £1.5 million North Kensington home, and eager to emulate the grubby and cynical dealings of Silvio Berlusconi, David Cameron today announced the launch of the McTory burger. Included in the range is the McBullingdon (Two over-privileged 1/2lb brandy fuelled patties made from a smug blend of …
January 2010
British Children’s Packed Lunch Shock
I was shocked to read that British children’s packed lunches are not meeting the nutritional standards that have been set for their classmates on school meals. A typical school child’s packed lunch consists of sugary snacks, knives, meow meow, happy slapping, chlamydia, Asbo’s and Monster Munch it was revealed in today’s Daily Mail. This nutritional outrage is in stark contrast …
Pan Heggerty
If our recent trip to Prague is anything to go by, it would appear the only vegetarian option available in the Czech Republic is deep fried Edam with boiled potatoes. Nothing wrong with that of course – cheese and spuds are two of my favourite food groups especially if the former is heavily grated over the latter and grilled to …
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Soups are always tricky to photograph and mushroom soup, being the colour and consistency of weetabix-based gruel is particularly unphotogenic. So by way of a diversion, here is an ant’s-eye view of a random mushroom (or toadstool) which may (or may not) be delicious (or lethal).
Christmas Yumie Magazine now available
Hi guys. Hot off the mustard* the new issue of Yumie Magazine is chock-a-block full of exciting colourful Christmas ideas to make your humble monochrome existence less shabby, bleak, and let’s be honest, pointless. Look on with slack-jawed envy as we honour you with a glimpse into the kaleidoscopic sumptuous magnificence that is a Christmas here at Yumblog Towers. Our …
Berlin & Prague: Christmas 2009
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Mr Dave Launches Nationwide Poster Campaign
Trifle à la Toria with elements of Larousse Gastronomique
This year Yumblog spent Christmas in Berlin with one (the posh) half of the extended Yumblog family. Among many things there was much snow, a healthy smattering of Krautrock, Lego, Glühwein, a ruggedised JCB mobile phone, a (disappointing) visit to the Currywurst museum, plastic cheese for breakfast and duplicate ‘Shaun the Sheep’ DVDs. The (much heralded) recipe below was conceived, …
Happy New Year
Happy New Year from all of us here at Yumblog.