My Family Feast – cookbook review
Feasts are at the very centre of our best and most dearly-held memories. Christmas or Hanukah or other important festivals with all those traditions: the...
Tempo Mayfair – restaurant review
[This venue is now closed] There has been an Italian restaurant on this site in Curzon Street since the 1930s. Tempo is its latest reincarnation...
Atlantico at The Pestana Chelsea Bridge Hotel – review
The Pestana Chelsea Bridge Hotel is a 4-star hotel in one of London’s most iconic of locations. It’s conveniently placed just a few yards from...
The Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook by Fuchsia Dunlop – review
The title of Fuchsia Dunlop’s Chinese cookbook is intriguing. The Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook might not immediately sound appealing. Is this food for revolutionaries? Perhaps dishes...
Fish – Recipes from the Sea – review
Fish cooking is still a mystery to many of us. Even accomplished cooks might not be too sure of their culinary ground. It is delicate;...
The Free Range Cook by Annabel Langbein – review
Annabel Langbein is a name new to many of us in the UK but that will likely change with the publication of The Free Range...
Zenna Bar, Soho – review
Dean Street is a famed Soho thoroughfare. It runs between the retail hub of Oxford Street to the north and Shaftesbury Avenue to the south....
Bavarian Beerhouse, City Road – restaurant review
Yes, your intrepid restaurant reviewer has sought out another interesting eatery for my dear reader to try. This one is truly a bit different and...
Japanese Bible – cookbook review
There is no denying the popularity of Japanese food in the UK these days. There has been a proliferation of new restaurants showcasing that cuisine....
Bavarian Beerhouse – Tower Hill – restaurant review
What can be more iconic than the Tower of London? Its imposing stones and gilded embellishments still have that wow factor. The building must have...
Café Spice Namasté: Khaadras Club Night – review
In the seventh century, Arab armies conquered Persia (now Iran). Some Zoroastrians were converted to Islam whilst others fled to India. They settled in the...
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...