I roam, grow my own, brave the kitchen heat and know my woozy way around a wine list. Welcome to my (very personal) world of food and drink…
After years of journalistic hyper-activity, lockdowns made me reassess the food and drink I really care about. Refreshed and unrestrained, I started this. Call it a blog if you must, it’s certainly a change of direction. Less about me, more the discoveries I want to share. Read more…
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Neil Sowerby2026-06-25 13:42:122026-06-25 13:42:12Danielle and Sofie to reopen OSMA and introduce Boutikk in Manchester’s Northern Quarter
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Neil Sowerby2026-06-14 14:56:242026-06-26 14:20:13A decade of daiquiris downed! Happy big birthday, Manchester Rum Festival
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Neil Sowerby2026-06-07 16:19:582026-06-25 10:29:15How Vilnius paints the town pink, while I try to scrub beetroot out of my chinos
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Neil Sowerby2026-05-11 16:13:352026-05-11 18:50:03Bella Bologna is pasta and mortadella centrale… yet a whole lot more
Nightingale season, radical seeds and troubled dreams in sparkling Sussex
Smoke me an eel to conjure up visions of brackish Fens and the wide Sargasso Sea
Mad about Manchester Rum Festival? Now you can make a groggy week of it!
Bacalhau to the future – the time I shared salt cod with Cristiano Ronaldo
Bhoys for the black stuff – how Gen Z foams at the mouth for Irish pubs
On a rewarding London spice trail I went crackers for starry Anglo Thai
A tale of two Sohos: anarchist assassins and hospitality incubators
Biodynamic Washington wine (and a slice of David Lynch’s cherry pie)