Pearl Jam + Dogfish Head = WTF!

Blimey o'crikey. As if it wasn't already exciting enough this week. My favourite band have had a beer brewed in their name by one of my favourite breweries. Faithfull Ale, named after the shit-kickingly great Pearl Jam track from Yield, is billed...

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Flavour Thesaurus: Oily Fish and Cumin

As I've spent gawd knows how long pouring over it, it's about time to actually make something either directly from or inspired by The Flavour Thesaurus.  If you haven't come across the book yet, it's a stupendously great idea. Author Niki...

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Beer: an incomplete A-Z

My beery stuff at Reluctant Scooper continues, but I wanted to play around with the A-Z idea in a different space. So, here it is. The idea is to define random brewing and beer terms succinctly and support that definition with links, pics and vids from the best source material on the web. It will be incomplete, arbitrary, biased and flawed. Just like my beer knowledge. I'd like people to suggest...

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Salami club?

I love salami. Which means I love to buy the best I can get my hands on. Here in Derby, the Krakus deli on the Guildhall market has some superb salami (and mortadella to die for). But if I run out during the week, the best I can manage is a trip to Sainsbury's or Asda. It's quite literally not the same. What I'd really love to do is find someone who runs a 'salami of the month' club - like you'd...

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St Paul's from the Millennium Bridge

Just starting to go through a ton of photos I took early-ish one morning when I was in London last month. The City and South Bank were almost deserted at 7am; most of the people I bumped into were photographers, funnily enough. I'm a bit narked that...

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Mosler Raptor prototype up for auction

OK, so the steering's on the wrong side and it's orange. But, come on, this is automotive history. Up for auction, the prototype Mosler Raptor GTR. 1,200 horsepower. One gear change for 0-60 in 2.5 seconds. An interior billed as being "a cross between...

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Pearl Jam: Twenty

I don't do cinema. Until this year, the last time was The Bourne Ultimatum back in 2007. In 2011, I've been twice. First was for Senna. There was no way I was going to miss out on seeing that. It was the first time I've heard grown men cry in a cinema since Bambi (yes, I did go to see it and all I remember is some bloke bawling). This week - Pearl Jam Twenty. Been a massive fan since my student...

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