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...