The Full Time Job

Today, in keeping with tradition, was a Wednesday. As the first Wednesday of the month it was also our second outing to the Birmingham farmer’s market. The last one, a month earlier, had proven to be cold and windy but otherwise quite entertaining, so with the...

The Return Of The Toastie

It’s important that you read toastie in the title to rhyme with Jedi. Even if it makes you sound a little like an Essex native. That way I can justify any inadvertent Star Wars references later. He’s back! After 6 weeks we finally have the Beast back on...

Coping With The Off-Season

This year was probably not what Frank had in mind, but this song has been floating around my head since I started thinking about this post, and a lot of it seems apt, at the very least. Our last event of 2012 approaches, and our last event serving food is already...

Toastie Music

Last week, probably during a period where I should have had more sleep, I took to wondering what kind of music would make people want toasties. Narrative then very kindly obliged, in a manner that seems almost a little contrived, and provided me with an answer. We...

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...