Today (9th May) is World Moscato Day. Apparently it’s Saturday (?!?!) we’re still in lockdown and self-isolation is the way forward. We’ve been observing the lockdown rules for quite some time now and we’ve become pros at ordering via home delivery apps, so nothing should stand in the way of celebrating this much loved day….
Category: Festival
Pancake Day
Pancake Day aka Shrove Tuesday aka Mardi Gras Shrove Tuesday is once again upon us and everyone will be stocking up on flour, eggs, milk to make their runny batter and have a gluttonous sugary feast before being shriven of these excesses in diet as well as in life. As a child, I was brought…
Gong Xi Fa Cai
Red lanterns hanging aloft; a trail guiding Chinese lions to the city centre. With drums and fireworks, Gibraltar welcomed in the Year of the Rooster. If like many, you went into town to watch the spectacle and then headed to a regular Chinese restaurant for a mid-week-food-blow-out, great! For those of you that missed out, all…
Foodie Weekend
Licking my lips, I alighted from the Heathrow Express at Paddington and made my way to the Southbank Centre to check out the Cheese and Wine Festival. Having arrived late-afternoon (I had just flown in from Gib!) I had missed the ‘food theatre’ and even though there were not many people jostling around the food…
Shrove Tuesday
The pagans knew how to party! They marked every festival with mirth and merriment but above all food. Food playing a central part to their festivities. So it isn’t really surprising that the Christians adopted this ethos before embarking upon a period of abstinence and denial. Throughout the 40 days of Lent, people are called…
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