It's an awful time for many businesses, and we've had lots of you asking us to provide a list of those offering gift vouchers so you can support favourite venues and producers now, and use at a later date. So, this list will continue to build, but if we're missing anyone please feel free to reach out through our contact page. GIFT VOUCHERS / CARDS TO SUPPORT LOCAL … [Read more...]
Meet The Producers: Aldens Oxford
Launching a new business is a hard task. Launching a family business that transcends multiple generations is even harder. Matthew Alden is the current Managing Director of seventh-generation Oxford-based butchers, Aldens Oxford. While the company might have a long history to reflect on, he's firmly looking to the future. Established in 1793 by Isaac Alden, Aldens began at … [Read more...]
The Big V – Value!
Over the course of last weekend, MrF and I, along with the kids, ended up eating out at two very different venues. The first: an upmarket gastropub in an Oxfordshire village, with waiters and waitresses in neat monochrome uniforms. The second: a humble little Turkish café on a busy road in the heart of Oxford. The food at the gastropub was expensive, under seasoned and under … [Read more...]
Food Hygiene Scores
None of us are perfect when we cook in our kitchens at home. We all lick a spoonful of some concoction and then dip it straight back in. Sometimes you use the meat chopping board to butter a quick slice of bread. Having pets in the kitchen, we’ve seen your Instagram pics of kitty on the draining board! Or picking up a piece of dropped food and putting it back (ten second rule!) … [Read more...]
Oxford Bashing Bores
As regular readers will know, Becca is usually the ranty one. I tend to have a slightly longer fuse. But, to reference Family Guy, my gears are well and truly grinding. I’ve read one too many Oxford 'restaurant review’ in the national media where the author spends the majority of the article whining on about how unhappy they were, many moons ago, while living and studying in … [Read more...]
