The Myth of Authenticity
We have a lovely (older) couple that visit the restaurant regularly, oftentimes they bring family, sometimes their friends from medical...
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River Green
- Aug 23
- 4 min
Food and Drink Awards Sideline Popular Restaurants...
This year's finalists for the relaunched Food & Drink Awards have been announced, and all of the county's most popular restaurants have been
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River Green
- Jun 22
- 4 min
'Celebrity' Chef Bans Vegans Story...
What do we think of this viral story about vegans being banned from an Australian restaurant?
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River Green
- Dec 16, 2022
- 5 min
What Does 'Post-Vegan' Look Like?
We (mostly) all dream of a day when animals do not have to suffer for human choices, a vegan utopia when animal agriculture is not one of...
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River Green
- Nov 3, 2022
- 4 min
Recipe: Banana Blossom 'Ish and Chips'
Homemade Beer Battered Banana Blossom with Minted Pea Purée and Cheat’s Tartare Mayo (Vegan, Gluten Free Version.) About 45 minutes...
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River Green
- Jun 22, 2022
- 6 min
Is Vegetarianism the greatest hypocrisy?
Spoiler Alert! NO, but there are many vegans who will insist that it is. I'd just like to preface this one-sided discussion (I've turned...
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River Green
- Apr 5, 2022
- 5 min
'Cakeage' is a Thing! Who Knew?
Do you like the cake? I made it last year, I've only done a few wedding cakes, but dozens of birthday cakes, bit of a sideline, always...
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River Green
- Feb 24, 2022
- 5 min
In Season Now….
Six years ago I took on the role of Head Chef at River Green, still a junior partner at the time, but nevertheless, the kitchen was my...
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River Green
- Dec 8, 2021
- 9 min
Yellow Ticket Cooking; Waste Not, Want Not...
As you know, I like to cook seasonally; That is, cooking dishes that suit the weather, as well as seasonally available produce, and...
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River Green
- Nov 17, 2021
- 7 min
Show Me the Talent! (It's Masterchef Time Again.)
Yep, it's one of the TV highlights of the year for me... Not THE top, but up there after the Tour de France coverage, Bake Off, and the...
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River Green
- Nov 4, 2021
- 8 min
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. (Does Bella Italia have two of the best restaurants in Norwich?)
I named this post after a review I read of another restaurant in Norwich. I'm going to embark on the thorny subject of restaurant...
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River Green
- Oct 12, 2021
- 5 min
Take My Word For It... (Why we're not getting certified anytime soon!)
Walking round the restaurant one Saturday evening recently, I came across a couple examining the menu in detail, although they were...
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River Green
- Sep 16, 2021
- 3 min
Visit to Meadow Harvest
You know we're keen on getting local and seasonal produce wherever possible? This has been helped enormously just recently by the...
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River Green
- Aug 25, 2021
- 5 min
If I Never See Another Takeaway Box Again... It'll Be Too Soon!
Just like you, we get unsolicited phone calls throughout the day at the restaurant. Rarely they're people making bookings, more usually...
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River Green
- Aug 15, 2021
- 7 min
We mustn't go back to business as usual (but if we're not careful, we might...)
Getting a little introspective this week and feeling like someone who has made New Year's resolutions which seemed laudable in the...
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River Green
- Jul 26, 2021
- 6 min
What's in a Name? Honesty and Authenticity in Restaurant Menus
Number Six Sometimes things are not what they seem at first. That's obvious of course, I've talked about artifice and analogue and I...
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River Green
- Jul 19, 2021
- 5 min
Where to Shop? A shout out to our suppliers and others...
Number Five A little different this week... Many times in the restaurant, and regularly at my cookery classes, people have asked me where...
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River Green
- Jul 5, 2021
- 4 min
Activism and Evangelism: Make Food Not War
Number Four I don't want to keep referring back to "when I was a young man.." But it looks like I'm going to, regularly. This...
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River Green
- Jun 28, 2021
- 6 min
The Imposter Syndrome: On never quite belonging
Number 3 Many years ago now, Channel 4 aired a series called 'Faking It' (might still be on, for all I know). In one of the first...
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River Green
- Jun 21, 2021
- 5 min
Artifice and Analogue: On (not) Reinventing the Wheel
Number 2 The arguments around veganism are often emotion-laden and polarising. I won't rank the arguments in order of importance, but one...
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