Taste of Glasgow

If you remember my post about 3 steps to heaven on Byres Road you will know that I am a massive fan of ice cream so imagine my delight when I noticed a new ice cream parlour in my neck of the woods. With a wide range of ice cream flavours from the usual to [...]

I don’t normally eat much ice cream due to a mild lactose intolerance that makes eating high-fat dairy products a bit of a gamble. That being said, when I noticed Heston Blumenthal’s mustard savoury ice cream at Waitrose (£2.79), I was too curious not to try it. Though it has the appearance and texture of [...]

Ice-cream is one of my guilty pleasures. All too often I sit down in front of the TV with a tub of Ben & Jerry’s and before long it is pretty much nearly all gone. So you can imagine my thoughts when my girlfriend introduced me to 3 Steps to Heaven. 3 Steps to Heaven [...]

Pizza Now, do not get too excited, I am not saying pick up the phone and order yourself a large stuffed crust pizza from Dominos but when you go back to the original and authentic pizzas you actually get a healthy and complete meal that ticks all the boxes of the important food groups. The  pizza [...]

Last year’s Great British Menu focussed on UK chefs competing to have their dish on the menu of a homecoming banquet honouring returning troops. The desert that finally made it on to the menu was Shaun Rankin’s treacle tart with Jersey clotted cream ice cream and raspberry coulis. Many of the recipes featured on this [...]