The Mustard Book by Rosamond Man – review
We in Britain have long had a love for spice. That might be a surprising fact to many who believe that our food is bland...
Kid’s Cook at Cookbook Café – review
These Kid’s Cook classes at Cookbook Café allow mums and dads a casual dining occasion with their children at the Saturday Brunch. The raft of...
Fire and Stone – Spitalfields – restaurant review
Yes, Pizza is fast food. Well, more accurately it’s fast-ish food. A good pizza has a freshly-made base and an exceptional one has that cooked...
Recipes Every Man Should Know by Susan Russo – review
It’s a little black book. Perhaps not THE little black book containing possibly incriminating information, but it does still hold within its covers tips and...
Geetie’s Cookbook by Geetie Singh – review
Geetie’s Cookbook is subtitled “Recipes from the kitchen of The Duke of Cambridge Organic Pub”. It’s a bit of a mouthful but a delicious one....
Desserts by Rachel Lane and Ting Morris – review
It’s got to be one of my favourite books of the moment. Desserts is quality in both content and presentation. The large format allows for...
Arabian Flavours – Recipes and Tales of Arab Life by Salab Jamal – review
We have not had great exposure to Arab cuisine in Britain. Our connections to that region have never been as close as, say, those we...
500 Italian Dishes by Valentina Sforza – review
It’s summer in England and we have been blessed with dry weather. OK, the sun seems to have been as elusive as ever but at...
Mestizo Sunday Brunch with UNESCO support – restaurant review
Mexico already has many of its monuments on UNESCO’s list of protected sites. Now it has gained international recognition for the country’s unique cuisine. London...
Montreal – travel review
I lived in Montreal, on and off, for 3 years and I loved it. It’s a city that doesn’t often get a mention and that’s...
Spices, Salt and Aromatics in the English Kitchen by Elizabeth David – review
Elizabeth David is for many the Grande Dame of British cooking, although she is more famed for her writings on the cuisine of the Mediterranean...
Lotte’s Country Kitchen by Lotte Duncan – review
I review many cookbooks in the course of a month but this one has had me waiting in eager anticipation. It has arrived, and is...
Pear Tree Pub, Fulham – restaurant review
That nasty Mr. Hitler did a good job of destroying iconic and untouched Victorian pubs. That was in the early 1940s so there were plenty...
Heathrow Terminal 5 – Dining Destination – review
London’s Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 opened on 27th March 2008 to a less-than-glorious start. I am sure most travellers have received their baggage by now...
St Pancras Grand – Breakfast – restaurant review
It’s one of Britain’s most celebrated buildings and doubtless the most stunning of Victorian stations. St Pancras has it all. Original brickwork and sweeping iron...
Verdura – Vegetables Italian Style by Viana La Place – review
Summer in the UK. Where better to be …well, apart perhaps from Italy. And if we have that vision in our mind’s eye then perhaps...
The Greens Cookbook by Deborah Madison – review
The sub-title of The Greens Cookbook is Extraordinary Vegetarian Cuisine. It is considered by many to be a classic and now it’s back in print...
Leong’s Legend Taiwan restaurant in Bayswater – review
The restaurant’s name Leong’s Legend is inspired by one of the most popular Chinese novels, The Water Margin, which features 107 heroes who gathered at...
Funky Lunch by Mark Northeast – review
Feeding children. That starts being traumatic at about the time they learn to speak. “No, don’t won’ it”, “yucky”, “I fink it’s too green” are...
Cocum – Keralan Hampton Court – restaurant review
This amazing newcomer stands just by Hampton Court Bridge on a quiet but classy side road away from the buzzing traffic and hordes of tourists....