The port pundit
How do port producers go about changing the drink's old-fashioned image?That image of port comes from it being poured in some of the best gentlemen's...
Archives for January 24, 2007
The spice of life
There are two schools of thought when it comes to starting a new job. Some employers like to give you time to settle in, others believe that the...
Steady trading for Punch
Punch Taverns has reported steady trading in the first 20 weeks of its financial year in line with its expectations, with Christmas sales also in...
24-hour pubs: the real story
Midnight, Blandford Forum, Dorset. In Australia the sun is burning down as Matthew Hoggard runs in to bowl a good length delivery, which Ricky...
Spring menus: Peggy's pick of the products
Simon Martin Farms rare breed free-range pork productsWe keep a couple of porkers in the pub. They snuffle around in the dirt for scraps of food and...
Chris Maclean: A day off, but no rest
Yesterday we went to London. After several years running a pub I began to realise that, unless I planned to do something specific, days simply merged...
Chips with everything
Did you know that a staggering 38,000 tonnes of chips are eaten every week? No? Then perhaps that's just the sort of blindingly useful information...