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
How my gurning Medlock gurnard spouted from Gandalf’s mouth
Blossoming Perry – ‘the best examples are the match of anything ever fermented’
How a snail trail led back to Manchester’s own flourishing flatbread scene
On fire! Musu chef Shaw’s smoking take on the Land of the Rising Sun
Yakima Valley dreaming! C’mon smell the hops – and the cilantro
Tom and Laurissa’s Pignut – sustainable restaurant that prides itself on going to ground
Butter chicken and mutton keema conjure up memories of the Old Delhi maze
Hokkaidō comes to Didsbury – meeting the creative couple behind Midori at Wine and Wallop