Tag: food
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Hello 2013: My Birthday
Dan managed to spend the afternoon of his birthday away from his computer and in the pub... but only because his office caught fire! This, and more from Dan's early-January trip to London.
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Hello 2013: Goodbye 2012
In a belated blog post, Dan looks back on 2012, and describes it as one of the hardest years of his life.
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Edinburgh 2012 - Day Four
Dan, Ruth and JTA trek out to Leith and get very wet. And play disappointing board games. But they do get some good beer and delicious food.
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On This Day In 2005
On this day in 2005, Dan received an unusual parcel. No, you're not reading the same post twice... this is not a fault... just deja vu!
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The Meats I Miss
After a year and a bit of being vegetarian, Dan looks back and considers the things that he misses more or less than he expected from eating meat.
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Village Of The Bunnies
To celebrate his birthday, Dan is joined by Ruth in an effort to construct a diorama of a gingerbread village under assault from enormous gelatinous bunny rabbits. Alcohol may have been involved.
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Marmite
This blog post is about Marmite.
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Meat To Please You
Dan asks vegetarians, "What's with the fake meat?", while musing on what unicorn might tastes like.
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How Can You Have Any Pudding If You Don't Eat Your Meat?
To those of you that don't know already, I have a confession to make. After years of picking holes in and finding flaws in their various ethical or other arguments and of mocking their dietary choices, I've become... a vegetarian.
Okay, this probably wasn't actually a shock to anybody. Between the observations of the barbeque food … -
Halloumi & Mushroom Skewers
After trying them at a barbeque the previous week, Dan raves about halloumi and mushroom skewers, which might well now be his favourite barbeque foodstuff.
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Idiocy Repeats Itself
Dan rushes down three flights of stairs to the meeting room where there's free food left over, slips on the stairs, and... hang on: haven't we seen this blog post before, back in 2009?
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Disaster Analysis
In the aftermath of this week's shocking lunchquake, Dan is joined by Dr. Pepper, who surveys the damage.
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Cinco de Mayo
By dressing as a Mexican, Dan gets free beer and free burritos on Cinco de Mayo.
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Puppy Eating Time
Dan puts his foot in his mouth, and makes it sound like he was considering putting his boss's new pet puppy in there, too. But then everything turns out better than expected.
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Easter Egg Hunting, Gravity Hooking, and Geocachers You Might Know
This afternoon, like last year, we took the opportunity to spend Easter Sunday hiding one another's Easter eggs in the woods and then running around looking for them.
For some reason, this year Rory didn't want me to be responsible for hiding his egg (something to do with his eventually being found up a tree, last …