The Sticky Beak Blog
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Hello people, let me introduce myself. I am a local Derbyshire bird, who along with her family and friends likes to spread her wings and get her beak sticky sampling food, wine and beer in local restaurants and venues. Hopefully having good times and discovering hidden treasures in our glorious neighbourhood along the way.
I'm not particularly snobby about fancy food or surroundings; I just like a place to be clean, friendly, have atmosphere and be able to do a decent job of cooking the food that is their trade. read more
Whats New On The Sticky Beak Blog
| A Fool-Proof Valentines Dinner from Arthur's In Belper The Man Bird and I have cooked a Steak dinner (or gone out for one) for Valentines Day for as long as I can remember, but thanks to lockdown still going strong there was no chance Read The Article | |
| Pick 'em' Mix; Sweets delivered to your Door Everybody likes sweeties don't they; I'm not saying you have to have them every day or anything, but I bet that we can all think of a favourite sweet from our childhoods or adult lives. Read The Article | |
| A Valentines Day Breakfast Platter From Crazy Cooks Caterers In Alfreton How do you celebrate the first Valentines Day in #lockdown? With a bought-in breakfast of course. But not just any old brekkie; this was a revved-up platter from Read The Article | |
| A Takeaway Sunday Lunch From The Schoolhouse, South Normanton Mummy Bird declared that she was having a week off from doing Sunday Lunch for the flock (a very well deserved rest, may I add) and thought Read The Article | |
| Takeaway Burgers And Kebabs From Starr Cottage Kitchen @ The Belper Tap Sometimes, when a day has been a particularly good one (and lets face it, there ain't many of those in lockdown 3.0!), you just need to celebrate with a burger Read The Article | |
| A Pre-Lockdown Visit For Tapas Tuesday At The Malt, Aston-on-Trent A change in the Covid lockdown tier system and impending lockdown meant that The Man Bird and I had to change our dining plans at short notice, but didn't know where to Read The Article | |
| Nun better way to a woman's heart than a 'world first' this Valentine's Day With the restaurants shut the region's romantics are having to work harder than ever to impress the apple of their eye. But one new Sheffield business - launched just Read The Article | |
| A Competition Win from Just Cheese Of Ripley I'm a very happy little bird as you all know, but I don't generally have much luck when it comes to winning competitions; imagine how happy I was, then, to win a cheese hamper Read The Article | |
| Wine Merchant 'Toasts' To First Anniversary Success Despite Covid-19 An independent Derbyshire wine merchant is celebrating its first year in business after proving a hit with wine lovers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read The Article | |
| Baker aiming to turn bored kids into budding bakers with free gingerbread The owner of a family run bakery is aiming to cheer up its home schooling customers during the latest lockdown, with free tubs of gingerbread dough. As the nation Read The Article | |