The Five Tuns – Terminal 5 Heathrow – restaurant review
Yes, dear reader, I travel and I expect you, too, will have that delight from time to time. When one flies there are invariably tedious...
Ed’s Easy Diner, Euston Station – restaurant review
Ed’s Easy Diner is a small chain of classic American diners. It was founded in November 1987 in London by Barry Margolis. It was the...
Roast – the Restaurant, Borough Market – review
Iqbal Wahhab, now OBE, (awarded that high honour in recognition of his public service and services for promotion of the hospitality industry) is a man...
Midnight Feasts by Charmain Ponnuthurai – review
This is a treat of a little cookbook. It touches on childhood comfort and adult naughtiness – the midnight feast. We dreamt about such things...
The Secret Ingredient by Sally Bee – review
Yes, The Secret Ingredient is a cookbook but its impact is found not just in its recipes but in the poignant story it tells of...
500 Beers by Zak Avery – review
Yes, dear reader, another in the 500 series from Apple Press. I make no apology for its inclusion in this cookbook review journal because they...
Weber’s Complete Barbecue Book by Jamie Purviance – review
For the edification of those barbecue virgins, I should explain that the Weber in question is the manufacturer of the celebrated dome-lidded barbecue which is...
The Classic Casseroles for your Slow Cooker by Catherine Atkinson – review
I am an enthusiastic cook and have a cupboard full of labour-saving devices but there is one, and it is by far the oldest, to...
The Cheesemonger’s Tales by Arthur Cunynghame – review
Sounds as though it should be a chapter from Chaucer. Probably lots of Anglo-Saxon expletives and doing something rude with milk. Well, no. The Cheesemonger’s...
The Great British Storecupboard Cookbook by Paul Hartley – review
This is a jolly book and it’s not often a cookbook is described in that fashion. It almost has the feel of an old-fashioned Christmas...
The Cook’s Herb Garden by Jeff Cox – review
There is so much talk these days about healthy eating and home cooking. We are told to guard against waste and to use what we...
The Country Cooking of Ireland by Colman Andrews – review
It’s been my privilege to review many hundreds of cookbooks over these past years. They all have merits and strengths. The quality of writing is...