team NotLeafy
@teamnotleafy.bsky.social
Lovers of fine vegetarian food. If we're not cooking or eating it, we're reading, talking or writing about it. Messy eaters, we wear our food with pride!
Faithful servants of feline overlords.
Based: Cardiff, Wales
Writing at: blognotleafycardiff.home.blog
Faithful servants of feline overlords.
Based: Cardiff, Wales
Writing at: blognotleafycardiff.home.blog
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team NotLeafy
@teamnotleafy.bsky.social
· Aug 31
Boxing clever: Made in Oldstead At Home
It was the hottest day of the year so far and we’d already decided to eat our anniversary dinner in our underwear. Trouble was the dinner was planned for tomorrow and it’d been out for delivery sin…
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NEW ON THE BLOG:
Boxing clever: Made in Oldstead At Home
Did it deliver?
blognotleafycardiff.home.blog?p=1226
Boxing clever: Made in Oldstead At Home
Did it deliver?
blognotleafycardiff.home.blog?p=1226
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December! (Ouch! Oof)
A few years ago on the birdsite, I did an advent gallery of art.
I thought I'd do the same here.
We'll kick off with Ivan Aivazovsky's "Wrath of the Seas"
#Advent
A few years ago on the birdsite, I did an advent gallery of art.
I thought I'd do the same here.
We'll kick off with Ivan Aivazovsky's "Wrath of the Seas"
#Advent
December 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
December! (Ouch! Oof)
A few years ago on the birdsite, I did an advent gallery of art.
I thought I'd do the same here.
We'll kick off with Ivan Aivazovsky's "Wrath of the Seas"
#Advent
A few years ago on the birdsite, I did an advent gallery of art.
I thought I'd do the same here.
We'll kick off with Ivan Aivazovsky's "Wrath of the Seas"
#Advent
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Five million page views up on the blog. A big thanks to everyone who's still reading my ramblings after what is now almost 15 years. It's always great to know that there are people who still want to read stuff in this era of video content.
November 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Five million page views up on the blog. A big thanks to everyone who's still reading my ramblings after what is now almost 15 years. It's always great to know that there are people who still want to read stuff in this era of video content.
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New on the blog - Zawa's kebabs and salad boxes are a top drawer #Cardiff city centre lunch option.
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gourmetgorro.blogspot.com/2025/11/zawa...
November 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
New on the blog - Zawa's kebabs and salad boxes are a top drawer #Cardiff city centre lunch option.
gourmetgorro.blogspot.com/2025/11/zawa...
gourmetgorro.blogspot.com/2025/11/zawa...
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Brand new blog post, my November 2025 favourites list. Posted late, but still shared with love.
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November 2025 Favourites list
Welcome to this month’s favourites list which is late because I’ve been busy in my professional life. I hope you enjoy my selections for the...
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November 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Brand new blog post, my November 2025 favourites list. Posted late, but still shared with love.
snigskitchen.blogspot.com/2025/11/nove...
snigskitchen.blogspot.com/2025/11/nove...
....and we have our Matsudai Ramen delivery!
M NL's checked the contents. All present, correct and still cold, despite DHL's best efforts. Must be delivered today clearly wasn't on their agenda.
M NL's checked the contents. All present, correct and still cold, despite DHL's best efforts. Must be delivered today clearly wasn't on their agenda.
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
....and we have our Matsudai Ramen delivery!
M NL's checked the contents. All present, correct and still cold, despite DHL's best efforts. Must be delivered today clearly wasn't on their agenda.
M NL's checked the contents. All present, correct and still cold, despite DHL's best efforts. Must be delivered today clearly wasn't on their agenda.
Tantalising.
After starting the day showing our ramen still stuck at the distribution depot, a change just now - they've arrived at the local one.
Will we get our Vampire Slayers?
Who knows. Ordered with yesterday's delivery date specifically, as today's busy - or it was😞
After starting the day showing our ramen still stuck at the distribution depot, a change just now - they've arrived at the local one.
Will we get our Vampire Slayers?
Who knows. Ordered with yesterday's delivery date specifically, as today's busy - or it was😞
When you finally couldn't resist, ordered Matsudai Ramen's Vegan Vampire Slayer Tonkotsu kits for arrival today & got bowls out in anticipation...
...but the parcel tracker shows them still languishing in the depot, where they've been since last night.
...but the parcel tracker shows them still languishing in the depot, where they've been since last night.
a person laying on their back in the desert
ALT: a person laying on their back in the desert
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Tantalising.
After starting the day showing our ramen still stuck at the distribution depot, a change just now - they've arrived at the local one.
Will we get our Vampire Slayers?
Who knows. Ordered with yesterday's delivery date specifically, as today's busy - or it was😞
After starting the day showing our ramen still stuck at the distribution depot, a change just now - they've arrived at the local one.
Will we get our Vampire Slayers?
Who knows. Ordered with yesterday's delivery date specifically, as today's busy - or it was😞
When you finally couldn't resist, ordered Matsudai Ramen's Vegan Vampire Slayer Tonkotsu kits for arrival today & got bowls out in anticipation...
...but the parcel tracker shows them still languishing in the depot, where they've been since last night.
...but the parcel tracker shows them still languishing in the depot, where they've been since last night.
a person laying on their back in the desert
ALT: a person laying on their back in the desert
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
When you finally couldn't resist, ordered Matsudai Ramen's Vegan Vampire Slayer Tonkotsu kits for arrival today & got bowls out in anticipation...
...but the parcel tracker shows them still languishing in the depot, where they've been since last night.
...but the parcel tracker shows them still languishing in the depot, where they've been since last night.
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Screw you Black Friday x
Lino Print of the Week 🌾
No Black Friday deals here!
Just me, some ink, and a roller. No flash sales, no countdown timers, just slow art, made the slow way.
If you can, please sprinkle a bit of your spend towards small businesses and creatives.
It honestly makes such a difference.
Thank you x
No Black Friday deals here!
Just me, some ink, and a roller. No flash sales, no countdown timers, just slow art, made the slow way.
If you can, please sprinkle a bit of your spend towards small businesses and creatives.
It honestly makes such a difference.
Thank you x
November 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Screw you Black Friday x
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If you need a link to forward to people who believe that LLMs ("AI") will do historical research in the future this might be it! After a description of parts of what research is S. Davies explains why this cannot be done by "AI". Just one quote:
"If you ask gen AI to give you a ...
"If you ask gen AI to give you a ...
A while back I coined the phrase "ecocide-plagiarism machines" for LLM-based genAI.
A better term is "ecocide-plagiarism-psychosis machines."
3/3
buttondown.com/surekhadavie...
A better term is "ecocide-plagiarism-psychosis machines."
3/3
buttondown.com/surekhadavie...
Basement adventures showed me why ChatGPT can only ever be garbage.
In The British Library. Photo by Surekha Davies. Hallo readers, First, a news flash: Join me for a virtual book launch for HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY...
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November 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
If you need a link to forward to people who believe that LLMs ("AI") will do historical research in the future this might be it! After a description of parts of what research is S. Davies explains why this cannot be done by "AI". Just one quote:
"If you ask gen AI to give you a ...
"If you ask gen AI to give you a ...
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Feeling very grateful today. Huge shoutout to our gardening superstars 🌱
Linette & Michelle have been nominated for #CVA2025 for their tireless work keeping our garden beautiful & supporting every part of SCV.
We’re so thrilled for them - well deserved! 💙
Linette & Michelle have been nominated for #CVA2025 for their tireless work keeping our garden beautiful & supporting every part of SCV.
We’re so thrilled for them - well deserved! 💙
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Feeling very grateful today. Huge shoutout to our gardening superstars 🌱
Linette & Michelle have been nominated for #CVA2025 for their tireless work keeping our garden beautiful & supporting every part of SCV.
We’re so thrilled for them - well deserved! 💙
Linette & Michelle have been nominated for #CVA2025 for their tireless work keeping our garden beautiful & supporting every part of SCV.
We’re so thrilled for them - well deserved! 💙
How about this for C&V UHB? @cedarcardiff.bsky.social
What better time to order fully funded NHS Forest trees than National Tree Week? We have lots of choice & can supply healthcare sites in England, Wales & Scotland. Our tree bundles come with tree guards & mulch mats – completely free of charge. https://nhsforest.org/green-your-site/tree-planting/
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
How about this for C&V UHB? @cedarcardiff.bsky.social
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Finished my best of 2025 food reads post, always such a hassle but love giving writer's their flowers and people stuff to read so please enjoy www.dorothy-porker.com/favorite-coo...
Favorite Cookbooks & Other Food-Reads of 2025 - Dorothy Porker - Foodblog
I’m posting this a little later than planned because life is LIFING right now. I still wanted to do my annual round-up of my favorite cookbooks and other food-related reads for 2025, because I love sh...
www.dorothy-porker.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Finished my best of 2025 food reads post, always such a hassle but love giving writer's their flowers and people stuff to read so please enjoy www.dorothy-porker.com/favorite-coo...
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The winter edition of Roath Gallery Weekend takes place from this Friday, featuring late night openings, special events and a chance to meet some of the most important artists working in Wales today
City readies for Roath Gallery Weekend
The winter edition of Roath Gallery Weekend takes place from this Friday as part of the associated galleries of EAST. The Roath Gallery Weekend, which runs from Friday 28 to Sunday 30 November will se...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The winter edition of Roath Gallery Weekend takes place from this Friday, featuring late night openings, special events and a chance to meet some of the most important artists working in Wales today
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Wake up Wales!
‘You, Boy!
Go and racially abuse everybody you meet
…but not in a hurtful or insulting way!’
Go and racially abuse everybody you meet
…but not in a hurtful or insulting way!’
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Wake up Wales!
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Thanks to a recent diner for this five-star review on Tripadvisor 🙏
Link to our latest reviews in the comments 👇
Link to our latest reviews in the comments 👇
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Thanks to a recent diner for this five-star review on Tripadvisor 🙏
Link to our latest reviews in the comments 👇
Link to our latest reviews in the comments 👇
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New on the blog - Sôs, one of #Cardiff's most exciting new pop-ups, teams up with booze titans State of Love & Trust
gourmetgorro.blogspot.com/2025/11/sos-...
gourmetgorro.blogspot.com/2025/11/sos-...
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
New on the blog - Sôs, one of #Cardiff's most exciting new pop-ups, teams up with booze titans State of Love & Trust
gourmetgorro.blogspot.com/2025/11/sos-...
gourmetgorro.blogspot.com/2025/11/sos-...
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“My NHS colleagues and I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Johnson no longer mentions them at all.”
Hard hitting and necessary on the government’s covid complacency from @drrachelclarke.com
observer.co.uk/news/...
Hard hitting and necessary on the government’s covid complacency from @drrachelclarke.com
observer.co.uk/news/...
November 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
“My NHS colleagues and I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Johnson no longer mentions them at all.”
Hard hitting and necessary on the government’s covid complacency from @drrachelclarke.com
observer.co.uk/news/...
Hard hitting and necessary on the government’s covid complacency from @drrachelclarke.com
observer.co.uk/news/...
When you decide to pop in to @pettigrewbakes.bsky.social for a savoury lunch thing and see a Cheese & Marmite Crown.
Oh, and a Black Forest Danish please...
Just wondering, when you're doing your legendary mince pies... Ah, missed them!
Two mince pies... aaand a chocolate orange croissant please.
Oh, and a Black Forest Danish please...
Just wondering, when you're doing your legendary mince pies... Ah, missed them!
Two mince pies... aaand a chocolate orange croissant please.
November 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
When you decide to pop in to @pettigrewbakes.bsky.social for a savoury lunch thing and see a Cheese & Marmite Crown.
Oh, and a Black Forest Danish please...
Just wondering, when you're doing your legendary mince pies... Ah, missed them!
Two mince pies... aaand a chocolate orange croissant please.
Oh, and a Black Forest Danish please...
Just wondering, when you're doing your legendary mince pies... Ah, missed them!
Two mince pies... aaand a chocolate orange croissant please.
"...the Wales-Japan story runs far deeper than industrial success. It’s a narrative written in shared values around innovation, language preservation, and the courage to imagine differently." @kavey.bsky.social
nation.cymru/feature/stre...
nation.cymru/feature/stre...
Strengthening the rich cultural bonds that tie Wales and Japan
Eluned Hâf When Wales Day at Osaka Expo 2025 recorded the highest footfall of any nation in the British Pavilion this April, it wasn’t just a moment of celebration – it was confirmation of something ...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"...the Wales-Japan story runs far deeper than industrial success. It’s a narrative written in shared values around innovation, language preservation, and the courage to imagine differently." @kavey.bsky.social
nation.cymru/feature/stre...
nation.cymru/feature/stre...
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Anyone on here attending? I’ll be there both days - chatting Queen of Greens with Sustain on Thursday and Northern Pulses with Northern Food & Farming on Friday.
November 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Anyone on here attending? I’ll be there both days - chatting Queen of Greens with Sustain on Thursday and Northern Pulses with Northern Food & Farming on Friday.
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The government's proposed asylum policy changes paints an increasingly uncertain future for sanctuary seekers in the UK.
One asylum seeker said: “With the constant changes, it feels like there is no rest, just going from one stress to another.”
👉 Our statement:
www.oasiscardiff.org/news/our-vie...
One asylum seeker said: “With the constant changes, it feels like there is no rest, just going from one stress to another.”
👉 Our statement:
www.oasiscardiff.org/news/our-vie...
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The government's proposed asylum policy changes paints an increasingly uncertain future for sanctuary seekers in the UK.
One asylum seeker said: “With the constant changes, it feels like there is no rest, just going from one stress to another.”
👉 Our statement:
www.oasiscardiff.org/news/our-vie...
One asylum seeker said: “With the constant changes, it feels like there is no rest, just going from one stress to another.”
👉 Our statement:
www.oasiscardiff.org/news/our-vie...
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Thank you to @bertjonkhans.bsky.social for sharing this - a swimming #FoxOfTheDay ! Top work !
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Thank you to @bertjonkhans.bsky.social for sharing this - a swimming #FoxOfTheDay ! Top work !
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What's our aim?
To produce truly fabulous food from ingredients provided by local farmers, butchers, and vegetable producers.
Read more about Simon and Kate and how they created our restaurant with rooms 👇
18-61.co.uk/our-story/
#abergavenny #foodies #Wales
To produce truly fabulous food from ingredients provided by local farmers, butchers, and vegetable producers.
Read more about Simon and Kate and how they created our restaurant with rooms 👇
18-61.co.uk/our-story/
#abergavenny #foodies #Wales
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
What's our aim?
To produce truly fabulous food from ingredients provided by local farmers, butchers, and vegetable producers.
Read more about Simon and Kate and how they created our restaurant with rooms 👇
18-61.co.uk/our-story/
#abergavenny #foodies #Wales
To produce truly fabulous food from ingredients provided by local farmers, butchers, and vegetable producers.
Read more about Simon and Kate and how they created our restaurant with rooms 👇
18-61.co.uk/our-story/
#abergavenny #foodies #Wales