The Tropical Juice Theorem
Two weeks ago we were at the East Midlands Food Festival in Melton Mowbray. It was a crisp, chilly weekend with lots of azure sky and a higher density of conversations about the weather than I have ever previously experienced. We sold two boilers full of tea and...
Mood Enhancing Food
Note: due to unforeseen circumstances involving the mystery of the Internet this blog post, written last Wednesday 10/10/2012 BEFORE our trip to Digbeth is now actually being published afterwards. Pictures that at the time of writing technically didn't exist have...
Digbeth Dining Club
The Digbeth Dining Club is Birmingham's solution to a growing British demand for Street Food. It's also the first Street Food collective within striking distance of the Beast, so it is the kind of opportunity where I have to stop myself getting all giddy as my...
Breakfast Toastie Research and Development
For the foreseeable future I think we need to accept that toasties will be a better option that street food. It's faster to prepare, easier to serve, has a wider appeal and can be explained in less than a tweet. It's not, although this is a personal choice, cheaper....
The Tea Paradox
There are two types of tea. Fine Tea and Emergency Tea. They are both equal in merit, but very different in quality and execution. They are both, I think, of vital importance to this country and its ongoing quest to rule the universe or something from out here in the...
Running A Successful Street Food Business
There is nothing quite like the feeling of making your own money. It's not the same as just having money, or coming into money, or getting a monthly pay cheque from The Man. The feeling of receiving cold hard cash, which you only have to share with the tax man, is...
The Leamington Food Festival 2012
This weekend will be the anniversary of the Wocky, a whole year after his very first ever event. We will be bringing toasties and tables, and will be able to actually enjoy playing to our home crowd, rather than being terrified that we might get too busy, or that no...
Meanwhile, in Scotland
While I was standing in the rain at the Oxford Food Festival last weekend I was also missing the annual holiday with the best friends. This year they went to Scotland, a place I would love to go and which, by all accounts, had better weather than Oxford. Thankfully,...
The Rain Came
There is nothing like a bit of rain to freshen things up after a long, hot summer and clear the air a little. Our air must be terribly clear by now. I think we can probably stop with the rain. This weekend, more than ever before, the rain has been an issue. There were...
The Epic Toastie Pitch
We survived our first music festival last weekend, and came away from Summer Sundae bruised (I walked into the hand sink) and tired, but otherwise still standing. Despite what was arguably a terrible, terrible pitch we managed to scrape together a little profit, a...
Summer Sundae
This weekend the Jabberwocky will be at Summer Sundae Weekender, serving up our hottest, most delicious toasties and trying to prefect the art of sleeping-while-making-toasties. It will be a massive festival, the largest we have been at so far, and hopefully the...
Leamington Spa Street Food Collective
The best laid plans all start with an idea. The idea has been kicking around inside the Jabberwocky for a while, trying to find somewhere to get down to business and begin. It might not work out, but that's no reason not to try. I think Yoda said that. Actually the...