Christmas nuts
There’s a crucial difference between nuts you crack yourself, be they walnuts, brazils or hazelnuts, and the pre-shelled ones that come in packets. It is that the shop-bought shelled ones tend to dry out and are much less oily, and it is the oiliness of fresh-cracked nuts that constitutes...
Chocolate cherry liquer
I’m rather fond of chocolate liqueurs. I like the combination of the sweet chocolate outside and the sharpness of the drink inside. It seems silly that I need to have approval to buy these. I think a youngster would be likely to die of obesity long before they became...
The Salt Room ***
The Salt Room on Brighton’s seafront is popular and pleasant. I order the fish of the day, which was served with caper butter and some samphire. I also enjoyed the Salt cod fritters, served with a smoked cod’s roe dip. The Salt Room is much better than some of its Brighton...