yvonne johnson

There's some very, very decent food here, but not at too many places.

Roger Hickman's

Been three times now (first time around 15-20 years ago). We had a very good Game Dinner some weeks ago. Lovely venison, partridge, and the amuses of crab were delightfully light. Can't remember all of the courses, but I finished every single thing; the portions were absolutely right.

http://www.rogerhick...restaurant.com/

The Last Wine Bar

I love this place. There's some serious stuff going on in this kitchen. A special I recently had was a whole plaice with new potatoes. Up there with J. Sheekey.
http://www.lastwinebar.co.uk/index.htm

The Last Brasserie

New sister restaurant of the Last Wine Bar. Solid food, maybe needs to diversify the menu. (Or maybe we went too often in quick succession.)

http://www.lastbrasserie.co.uk/

The Mulberry

A very good gastro-pub. I tend to like it more than G. Very good burgers, pates, sausages. The staff are incredibly nice.
http://www.mymulberr...en-us/home.aspx

The Parson Woodforde

Another gastro-pub (it also has a restaurant attached) around 8 miles outside Norwich. This is ambitious and they pull it off. For example, Pan Fried Pigeon Breast, Black Pudding, Sticky Apricots, Juniper & Pea Shoots--and it worked. This is our new local. They have a new chef, Eden Derrick, formerly of the Mad Moose gastro pub--went there around 4 months ago and it was very good too, probably under his leadership.
http://www.theparsonwoodforde.com/

Healthy Women Advised Not to Take Calcium and Vitamin D to Prevent Fractures

For years I've looked at those calcium tablets on the shelf and I've never taken them. Just as well.

Gary Taubes is always a good read.

NYT Op-Ed

NYT.

http://www.nytimes.c...ml?pagewanted=1

Highly enjoyable for a while, but it did get a bit same-y.