Wahaca – Mexican food at home by Thomasina Miers – review
I had my first visit to Wahaca – the restaurant, that is – just a few weeks ago. The place was vibrant and exciting and...
Chef Nooror Somany Steppé, Blue Elephant – interview
Chef Nooror Somany Steppé is petite, attractive and vibrant. She grew up in Thailand’s Chachoengsao province, has a shy manner and says she finds it...
Balans Soho for Sunday Brunch – restaurant review
Balans Soho is a chain of restaurants and has branches in both London and Miami. The menu in the UK is slightly different from that...
Taste of Arran and Argyll with The Majestic Line Glen Tarsan – review
The Scottish Isles have never been high on my list of food-related destinations. It’s North and it’s a rare day that finds me further in...
Chef Steve Boswell, aboard the Glen Tarsan – interview
Glen Tarsan is one of the converted fishing boats in The Majestic Line fleet. It’s now a cruising hotel with a fabulous restaurant, or you...
50 Great Curries of India by Camellia Panjabi – review
Yes, India is a big country with many regions, each with its own culinary classics, so I guess the author, Camellia Panjabi, has had her...
A Phoenician Kitchen Garden – travel review
In truth this isn’t an ancient plot cultivated and tended by legendary Mediterranean traders, but the land does belong to the celebrated Hotel Phoenicia in...
The Phoenicia Hotel in Malta – review
What do we look for in a vacation? Some pampering – that probably isn’t like home. Sun is good – that’s different from home. Food...
Anderida, Ashdown Park Hotel – restaurant and hotel review
Ashdown Forest is an ancient area of heathland about 30 miles (48 km) south of London in East Sussex. It was once a medieval hunting...
Andrew Wilson, Executive Chef at Ashdown Park Hotel – interview
Andrew Wilson has returned to Ashdown Park Hotel in Sussex for the third time and he is now executive chef. It’s not difficult to understand...
Innotel Hotel Singapore – hotel review
Singapore is perhaps my favourite spot on the planet. At least I can say it’s the most wonderful place I have visited to date. Its...
Bean by Bean – a cookbook by Crescent Dragonwagon – review
Bean by Bean, it sounds like a wholesome and perhaps hippie subject and when one notices the name of the author, Crescent Dragonwagon, then one...
Andaz London for Afternoon Tea – restaurant review
Originally designed by Charles Barry and his son, Charles Edward Barry, the hotel opened in 1884, after ten years in construction. It was extended in...
The Cookie Dough Lover’s Cookbook by Lindsay Landis – review
Surely we have all licked out the bowl after mum has made cookies. But let’s make it clear what we mean by a cookie. A...
Sinfully Easy Delicious Desserts by Alice Medrich – review
It’s no surprise that I love cooking. I bake bread, make pies, curries, casseroles and roasts but, to tell the truth, I have never managed...
Cinnamon Club for breakfast – restaurant review
It’s my favourite meal of the day, although I don’t subscribe to the adage that Somerset Maugham penned: “To eat well in England you should...
Ignatius ‘Iggy’ Chan – Singapore’s Sommelier – interview
There are few restaurants owned, run by, and named after a sommelier but Singapore’s iconic “Iggy’s” is just that. Ignatius ‘Iggy’ Chan is an immensely...
Wahaca – Chandos Place, Covent Garden – restaurant review
Chandos Place has always seemed an exotic address. Not quite English but nevertheless familiar. This street along with others in Covent Garden takes its name...
Fish Easy by Mitch Tonks – review
“Oh, yeah,” I hear my time-strapped reader cry, “it’s healthy and I know I should eat more of it, but do you know what time...
North African Cookery by Arto Der Haroutunian – review
Grub Street should be applauded for introducing a new generation of food lovers to Arto Der Haroutunian. It might be a name unfamiliar to any...