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...
ORA Thai Food and Jazz – restaurant review
There is a world of tranquillity just behind the buzz and throng of Oxford Street. That celebrated retail hub is a river of bag-burdened humanity...
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...
The Fleece Inn for lunch – restaurant review
Perhaps Robin Hood had a local, and if he did I would suppose it looked just like The Fleece Inn. This isn’t a Disneyesque themed...
Brockencote Hall for lunch – restaurant review
Joseph and Alison Petitjean have owned and run Brockencote Hall for the last 24 years. They had been living in France and were just married,...
Bryn’s Kitchen by Bryn Williams and Kay Plunkett-Hogge – review
It’s only just past the start of the year but I’ll state that Bryn’s Kitchen is one of the best cookbooks to pass through my...
500 Breakfasts and Brunches by Carol Beckerman – review
It’s often said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Well, that’s probably true with regard to nutrition and a balanced diet...
The Encyclopedia of Sandwiches by Susan Russo – review
This book is fun. Sandwiches are not by nature a serious food group. We make them for picnics and parties. The bread keeps our fingers...
Tangerine Dream Café by Limpet Barron – review
This truly is a ‘Secret Garden’ and much less celebrated than Kew in West London, although Chelsea is London’s oldest botanic garden and a unique...
Macaron by Alison Thompson – review
They are becoming ubiquitous. Those colourful chubby discs are showing up in smart patisseries across the land. They have long been popular in France and...
Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill – hotel review
London is indeed one of the world’s great cities. It’s a magnet for tourists from every corner of the globe. They come to visit famed...
Kebabs and Tikkis by Tarla Dalal – review
I can understand why Tarla Dalal is such a very popular writer in India. She sells more books than any other author of any genre....
Castle House Hotel, Hereford – review
I confess, this isn’t a part of the country I know well. OK, it’s true, I am a city sort but I am increasingly charmed...
the bell at skenfrith, Monmouthshire – hotel review
the bell (note the corporate lower-case letters) at Skenfrith, Monmouthshire could easily be overlooked. You need to know it’s there and it’s worth the drive...
On a Stick by Matt Armendariz – review
It’s a book to bring a smile. Food served on skewers: mouthwatering titbits stuck with delicate picks or substantial chunks on batons. Everything here is...
The Phoenix – Geronimo Kitchen – restaurant review
The Phoenix is an attractive and traditional pub. Just the sort that tourists long to find and locals want to have as their local. These...
Triphal Indian Restaurant – Southfields – review
Sarkhel’s was a celebrated Indian restaurant in Southfields, between Wandsworth and Wimbledon. That restaurant has now closed but it’s a strange irony that some of...
Opera Tavern, Covent Garden – restaurant review
Opera Tavern was built in 1879 by the then celebrated public house architect George Treacher. Those were the days when there was a traditional pub...