Perrier-Jouët Champagne Lounge at Dukes Hotel – review
Dukes Hotel is found unobtrusively tucked away in one of London’s most prestigious neighbourhoods. The stunning building graces a quiet corner of St. James’s and...
200 Mini Cakes and Bakes – cookbook review
There cannot be many who would not enjoy a luscious slice of cake. Cupcakes are popular even as replacements for wedding cakes, and macaroons seem...
Thai Bible by Jackie Passmore – review
A few years ago Thai restaurants were rare but that’s changed, and some lucky folks even get to have holidays in Thailand. They return home...
200 Risottos and Rice Dishes by Laurence and Gilles Laurendon – review
There are two things that are important in our modern hectic lives: speed and economy. It’s the same with regard to food. We might not...
French Lessons by Justin North – review
I have often said, and indeed at length, that I do not subscribe to the philosophy that French food is best. In my humble opinion...
Gran’s Kitchen by Natalie Oldfield – review
Some of us are lucky enough to have or at least remember our own grans, grannies, nanas, nans or nannies. I am sure every nationality...
Rose Petal Jam by Beata Zatorska – review
The very title Rose Petal Jam evokes shimmering heat-hazed visions of meadows, trees, clear sky, and perfume wafting on a warm breeze. One could be...
Fish Cookbook by C J Jackson – review
Fish. It’s topical. There has been a raft of TV programmes highlighting the horrific waste of fish as it’s thrown back dead into the sea...
A Month in Marrakesh by Andy Harris – review
It’s obvious that those visiting my site love food. Mostly Food and Cocktails gives a clue with its name that the bias will be in...
The Barbecue Bible by Steven Raichlen – review
We don’t have months and months of good weather in Britain so we make the best of it when the sun does shine: DIY centres...
108 Marylebone Lane – restaurant review
Oxford Street has its chain retail outlets and stalls stocked with goods that no self-respecting adolescent tourist would want to live without: plenty of plastic...
Tuttons for Tea – restaurant review
Henry VIII dissolved all of England’s monastic properties in 1540, because he couldn’t get his way with the Catholic church and the ‘Bishop of Rome’...
The Yellow Chilli Cookbook by Sanjeev Kapoor – review
It’s a cookbook by the celebrated Indian TV chef Sanjeev Kapoor, so it’s bound to be full of delicious innovation and temptation. But my dear...
Quinoa – The everyday superfood by Patricia Green – review
Pronounced ‘keen-wah’, quinoa is a frequently overlooked and relatively unknown superfood, containing a perfect balance of all eight essential amino acids. It is gluten-free and...
500 Fish and Seafood Dishes by Judith Fertig – review
We know we should eat more fish. It’s good for us. On the other hand, perhaps eating fish and chips three times each week might...
Lunch on British Pullman carriages of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express – review
Yes, I have a lovely life: a restaurant reviewer, and able to take my pick of the very best that the World has to offer....
Fusion Brasserie Worcestershire for dinner – restaurant review
One can search for Italian food in all the famous towns that boast true Italian or Tuscan culinary heritage: Florence, Siena, Hawbridge, Pisa, Grosseto. We...
Eckington Manor Cookery School and B & B – review
Eckington Manor is just outside the market town of Pershore, Worcestershire, and could well provide one of the most memorable breaks you have had in...
The Elms Hotel Worcestershire – hotel review
This is an imposing Queen Anne mansion. Go on, admit it, you can’t remember who Queen Anne was and didn’t know she was a builder....
Food from Northern Laos – The Boat Landing Cookbook – review
I am driven to describe some cookbooks as recipes with a bit of travel. Other volumes I have reviewed as travel adventures with some cooking...