Vigo – crab, clams and continuity – travel review
For those of you living in the south of England, you will already know about Vigo. You will swear that it is a parish formed...
Whisky & Cheese Matching at the Athenaeum – bar review
This was our first visit to this most charming of central London hotels. Its location is hard to beat, being on Piccadilly and between Green...
Simon Kerr: A Manchester Lad and Paški Sir – interview
We have heard of Manchester, and it’s no surprise that there are lads from that fine city living in Croatia, but who is Paški Sir?...
The Albannach – Thoroughly British – restaurant review
(This restaurant is now closed) The centre of London throngs with life on a mid-week summer’s day and it’s just as thronging on a Sunday....
Figs – History and Recipe
Ficus carica, known to us as the common fig, probably originated in Asia Minor, and has been highly regarded as a major contributor to the...
Richard and Jo Bertinet – interview
Baking a Difference. This probably was love at first bite! Richard Bertinet had no other idea than to become a baker. His uncle had a...
Cold Comfort – a Story of Ice Cream
Ice cream was probably invented in China in the first millennium. The first British recipe for ice cream was published in “Mrs. Mary Eales’s Receipts”...
Celia Brooks Brown – A girl for all seasons – interview
Celia Brooks Brown was born in Colorado and seems to have been the typical all-American girl with a job as a Car Hop at Hungry...
Sweet Hungarian – memories and a recipe
There are more and more opportunities these days to enjoy Eastern European food, and it’s good to have easier access to Hungarian, Polish and Baltic...
Tapas Bar Crawl – Barcelona – food and travel review
We have what Jeni Barnett would call a “nearasdammit” son who is Catalan (note: I do not say Spanish). This has given us the advantage...
Rick Bayless – American chef-restaurateur – interview
…from Oaxaca to the Windy City. Award-winning chef-restaurateur, cookbook author, and television personality Rick Bayless has done more than any other culinary figure to introduce...
Some Asparagus Tips – story and recipe
Asparagus officinalis is a flowering plant species in the genus Asparagus, a member of the lily family, from which the popular vegetable known as asparagus...
Ode to the Chippie! or From Odeon to Chip Shop
It’s a magazine about Food, Places and Faces, OK? Sometimes all of those things will come together and today is one of those days when...
Jekka McVicar – interview
Celebrity chef Rick Stein counts her among his “food heroes”, Jamie Oliver wouldn’t trust the design of his herb garden to anyone else. Jekka McVicar...
Garlic – A Stinking Rose by any other name…! Story and recipe
Allium sativum, garlic or the Stinking Rose are all names for that little bulb that stirs such passions. Either you love it or you hate...
Chocolate-filled Easter – story and recipe
The industry has been in a state of evolution since the first chocolate house was opened in London in 1657. No, I don’t mean a...
Golden Gate Cake Shop, Chinatown – review
Chinese food – but not as we know it! What picture do we conjure up when we think of a Sunday morning in Chinatown in...
Bill Buckley: Our Boy Bill – interview*
I confess to being a great fan of Bill Buckley. He has a style all his own, openly gay and sometimes camp, he has developed...
David Rosengarten – Global Gourmet – interview
David Rosengarten is one of the foremost authorities on food and wine. He is a well-respected cookbook author and has penned, amongst others, the 500-recipe...