Food and Drink
As a hobby, interest or simply just a means to live - food and drink are an essential part of our lives.
Everybody has to eat.
This page celebrates the fun side of eating and drinking - whether it is brewing your own beer or baking delicious home made bread at home. Learning to eat with chopsticks or many other parts of the enjoyment that can come from cooking, brewing and eating.
Each activity has a heading, a line or two of comment and an illustration. They are presented in AZ order and gradually expanded as new pictures are drawn.
Everybody has to eat.
This page celebrates the fun side of eating and drinking - whether it is brewing your own beer or baking delicious home made bread at home. Learning to eat with chopsticks or many other parts of the enjoyment that can come from cooking, brewing and eating.
Each activity has a heading, a line or two of comment and an illustration. They are presented in AZ order and gradually expanded as new pictures are drawn.
Barbecue
A BBQ can be a portable or permanent fixture in the garden. It is a means to grill food outdoors to enjoy without filling the house with cooking smells.
The smell of a barbecue is appealing to those attending it, less so if you live next door and particularly when you are not invited.
A fun time can be had at the barbie with friends, drink and good weather.
The smell of a barbecue is appealing to those attending it, less so if you live next door and particularly when you are not invited.
A fun time can be had at the barbie with friends, drink and good weather.
Beer
Beer is a food. A drink. And a hobby.
Bread Making
There is a world of difference between mass produced bread and home made.
Stores sell quality bread for high prices. They also sell flour and yeast.
Bread making is a satisfying hands-on cooking process that gives satisfaction and sustenance.
Give us this day our daily bread is a famous saying and there are many more. It has been a staple food for humans for a long time.
Break making is one small aspect of the art of baking. There is a great variety of goods in a high-street bakery - bread, cakes, pastries, pies.
Stores sell quality bread for high prices. They also sell flour and yeast.
Bread making is a satisfying hands-on cooking process that gives satisfaction and sustenance.
Give us this day our daily bread is a famous saying and there are many more. It has been a staple food for humans for a long time.
Break making is one small aspect of the art of baking. There is a great variety of goods in a high-street bakery - bread, cakes, pastries, pies.
Cheese and Wine
The flavours of cheese and wine complement each other - and there is so much variety of both to choose from.
A simple social activity to enjoy with the company of others.
A simple social activity to enjoy with the company of others.
Chopsticks
As an amusing and nerdy thing a while back I checked various kitchen items to see where they were made. Of course they were mostly made in China.
Curiously, the one item that was home-produced were the chopsticks - made in Bristol, England.
Why bother trying to eat with chopsticks?
They are fun to learn and unless you are an expert make the food last longer. For a novice they turn the meal experience into more of an event.
Use them for a while then get stuck in with a fork.
Curiously, the one item that was home-produced were the chopsticks - made in Bristol, England.
Why bother trying to eat with chopsticks?
They are fun to learn and unless you are an expert make the food last longer. For a novice they turn the meal experience into more of an event.
Use them for a while then get stuck in with a fork.
Cocktail Making
Cocktails are included here because I love the word mixology.
A mixologist can blend different liquids to create appealing cocktails - using alcohol or not according to age and preference.
A mixologist can blend different liquids to create appealing cocktails - using alcohol or not according to age and preference.
Coffee
Coffee is the spark required to get some people up and running in the morning. The process, the fine aroma, the caffeine hit - all part of the necessary ritual to wake up.
With or without sugar and milk, with or without company - coffee is the most essential part of breakfast for many bleary eyed office workers.
With or without sugar and milk, with or without company - coffee is the most essential part of breakfast for many bleary eyed office workers.
Cooks and Broth
Everyone knows you can have too many of them. Each adding spice or suggesting changes. A recipe for disaster.
Here is a fun design to illustrate the well known "too many cooks spoil the broth" expression.
Here is a fun design to illustrate the well known "too many cooks spoil the broth" expression.
Home Brewing
Home brewing, micro brewing, craft brewing - whatever you call it - has the ideal elements of a hobby.
It involves an interest to learn and become proficient in.
There is expenditure on specialist equipment.
It can take over your life, house and shed.
The end result can be very pleasurable.
There are home brew kits you can buy from the stores, a bucket and yeast basically, or you can get semi serious about it. Some people even go on to make a living from the pursuit.
After all the setting up, preparation, brewing and waiting - it is time to taste the results!
It involves an interest to learn and become proficient in.
There is expenditure on specialist equipment.
It can take over your life, house and shed.
The end result can be very pleasurable.
There are home brew kits you can buy from the stores, a bucket and yeast basically, or you can get semi serious about it. Some people even go on to make a living from the pursuit.
After all the setting up, preparation, brewing and waiting - it is time to taste the results!
Jam Making
Homemade jam is a delicious way to make the most of a harvest of fruits. A simple pursuit involving some basic cooking, cooling and storing the jams.
Choose a nice jar, add a hand-written label and create a personal gift for friends.
Jam making is one aspect of the making of preserves and conserving which are part of the canning season.
When the fruits of the season arrive it becomes time to ensure they can be used for months to come until the next harvest.
Choose a nice jar, add a hand-written label and create a personal gift for friends.
Jam making is one aspect of the making of preserves and conserving which are part of the canning season.
When the fruits of the season arrive it becomes time to ensure they can be used for months to come until the next harvest.
Ketchup and Fries
Fast food, no messing, delicious. Fries with ketchup. Does anyone not like these?
Mushrooms
Mushrooms are great. Magic mushrooms are greater. Add a fun guy pun and what have you got?
Well, someone slightly irritating obviously but hey, mushrooms are still good.
Well, someone slightly irritating obviously but hey, mushrooms are still good.
Noodles
Noodles are great. Quick, easy, cheap. And sometimes delicious.
Pineapple
I drew a pineapple. Tbh not much I can say on the subject.
Stir Fry Crazy
Accidental typo which is a great pun, stir fry crazy combines food with madness. Stir fries are a quick and easy meal that feels just like real cooking.
So if you like stir fry and get a little crazy in the kitchen...
So if you like stir fry and get a little crazy in the kitchen...
Tractor
Until such time as all food is grown in a laboratory, most of our food comes from farming.
And until this site has a separate farming page, this tractor design will have to go here. The tractor being an instantly accessible representation of farming. It is the workhorse of the farm, having largely replaced actual horses.
Maybe when fossil fuel is exhausted or banned, horses will mount a comeback. Until then the tractor reigns supreme.
And until this site has a separate farming page, this tractor design will have to go here. The tractor being an instantly accessible representation of farming. It is the workhorse of the farm, having largely replaced actual horses.
Maybe when fossil fuel is exhausted or banned, horses will mount a comeback. Until then the tractor reigns supreme.
Here is a green farm tractor. Clearly it is more eco-friendly and better for the planet. Why? Because it is green, obviously.
Wine Tasting
Wine tasting is a hobby that many people take part in.
It looks a bit daunting from the outside, having to have a nose and be able to use all those words to describe the bouquet of the wine.
Well, we all have noses. You sniff the wine, sip a bit, make a face and then spit it into a bucket. Or at a social event you would be better to drink it , eat some cheese and enjoy the company.
It looks a bit daunting from the outside, having to have a nose and be able to use all those words to describe the bouquet of the wine.
Well, we all have noses. You sniff the wine, sip a bit, make a face and then spit it into a bucket. Or at a social event you would be better to drink it , eat some cheese and enjoy the company.