So you know you want to travel, and you know you’ve got nearly four months to do it, between the stress of your end-of-year exams and starting afresh another year older, if not wiser, in September. You start thinking about where you could go and, before you know it, you and your housemates have a […]
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Review: No. 1 Polsloe Café
With the top quality food, chic décor, and lightening quick service, breakfast at No. 1 felt like a true indulgence. Add to that a value-for-money menu, and you’ve got the city’s best new dining spot. Last week, Emma and I jumped at the chance to experience food at the café given 5* by every TripAdvisor […]
Recipe: Sizzling Valentine’s meal for two
You’re a part of Valentine’s Day — whether you like it or not. You might be a creative romantic who likes to come up with fun Valentine’s Day date alternatives, or maybe you’re a sweet-natured cynic who boycotts the holiday by buying enough chocolate to share with an army of friends. No matter what your romantic situation […]
Food photography 101: Five major tips of taking nice food pictures with your phone
*All images in the article belong to the writer Some foodies may have often wondered about this: “How can I take good pictures of what I eat if I don’t have a pro camera in my hands?” Truth is, not a lot of skills are required for you to master food photography, and you can just […]
Uni research explains Christmas weight gain
Research by the University of Exeter has concluded that it is an evolutionary impulse that causes us to eat more in winter-and starting your diet on New Years Day isn’t the best new years resolution. This joint study with Bristol University claims that in colder months, when natural supply of food is low and our […]
Review: Base and Barley
B ase and Barley is the latest venture from Exeter’s poshest coffee shop chain, Artigiano. Situated just a stone’s throw away from The Old Firehouse and across from the (in)famous King Billy pub, the restaurant opened its doors last week, offering pundits and foodies alike the chance to sample their Italian sourdough pizzas, craft beer and cocktails. […]
Around the World: Vancouver
Full disclosure: I haven’t actually been to Vancouver on holiday. Instead, I lived there for two years, but I still feel like I only scratched the surface of this massive Canadian metropolis. It’s a multicultural city, famous for its welcoming nature, and the bustling urban landscape of Downtown is perfectly balanced by the residential and […]
Exe-ploring: How to throw the perfect sushi night
Hello Exe-plorers! I should start by apologising for the absence of Exe-plore last week. To cut a long story short, I was invited for dinner at the house of a group of people with whom I am hoping to live next year. After the meal I very quickly began to feel unwell, and not long […]
Exe-ploring Exeter with a friend
Last year I learned a valuable lesson: don’t build stuff up too much. For example, don’t buy a gift for a friend’s birthday, then spend three weeks telling them how amazing it is, because they really aren’t going to love that Princess Diana memorial plate that you got from the British Heart Foundation as much […]
Exe-ploring: North Street, Picturehouse Cinema, and Bonhay walks
I woke last Saturday to the usual morning stirrings within the house – Max getting up to make an obscenely middle class breakfast (that day I think it was roasted tofu and avocado and quinoa salad, or something equally preposterous), Liz groaning her way through an all night in ‘Top-Top’ hangover, and Theo’s one-night-stand quietly […]