Our resident chef columnist on how to dress your raw shellfish and impress your guests November 28, 2018 Now we’re entering dinner party season, it’s time to fish out the scallops. Everyone loves them as a starter and fresh ones in the shell require very little cooking – or no cooking at all. A raw scallop briefly marinaded in citrus juices is a delicious thing made even better if you live in the [...]
We planned a foodie road trip around Wales that you can complete in four days November 27, 2018 It took me 30 years to get to Wales. I never had an aversion to it, it was just easier to get on a plane than it was to learn how to drive. As a lifelong Londoner with no family to visit regularly beyond the M25, there was no immediate reason to learn, so I [...]
The Last Supper: No Angels actor Derek Riddell on his love of The Ivy and why there will be no fondue for his final meal November 22, 2018 I’m full of the cold so if this really were my last supper I don’t think I’d be able to taste anything. I enjoy cooking but as soon as I became a parent that kind of went out of the window. I have nine-year-old twins, so dinner tends to be me thinking ‘Oh god, what [...]
The Weekly Grill: Mark Lloyd of Notting Hill restaurant Pomona’s on his best ever meal and his gran’s jam collection November 14, 2018 Who are you and what do you do? I am a cook who loves to travel, write, learn the ‘old ways’, forage for wild food and spend as much time outdoors as possible. I’m also the new executive chef at Pomona’s, a neighbourhood restaurant in Notting Hill. Tell us about your new menu It’s all [...]
Our resident chef Mark Hix on how to to get the most out of your pheasant November 14, 2018 Regular readers will have been following my series on zero-waste shooting, and over the last few weeks I’ve really started to experiment with my feathery harvest. There are too many boring pheasant recipes out there for my liking, worst of all the dreaded roast pheasant. My advice is do anything except roast it: they tend [...]
DEBATE: With calls to ban milkshakes, is an obsession with ‘public health’ harmful to our personal wellbeing? November 14, 2018 With calls to ban milkshakes, is an obsession with ‘public health’ harmful to our personal wellbeing? Daniel Pryor, head of programmes at the Adam Smith Institute, says YES. Should we ban sugar, spice, and all things nice? The lobby group Action On Sugar thinks so. Its advocates aren’t content to simply jail purveyors of so-called “freakshakes” [...]
Bright restaurant in London Fields review: A cracking Italian-ish place with a drinks list to die for November 5, 2018 Before last weekend, I’d never eaten in Bright, although had you held a gun to my head I would have sworn that I had. You see, I’ve eaten in Ellory, which was in that space until February, when it snuck off down the road to reopen as Leroy (keeping up?). Anyway, it’s a mistake I was [...]
How to Mix: Legendary explorer Francis Drake inspired this beery mojito at the London Edition’s Lobby Bar November 1, 2018 Beer has seeped into every crack and crevice of London’s food and drink scene. From beer pairings with tasting menus to beer-flavoured desserts, the amber stuff isn’t restricted to pints in the pub anymore. But the Lobby Bar at the London Edition Hotel on Berners Street has taken it one step further and popped some [...]
Just Eat warns on profits as it burns cash to compete with rivals November 1, 2018 Online takeaway giant Just Eat's share price climbed this morning, despite a warning to investors that efforts to fight off rivals Deliveroo and Uber Eats would take a chunk out of the company's profits. Branching out into markets in Latin America, investing in its own delivery network and acquisitions are likely to weigh on earnings, the FTSE [...]
The Drinks Master: Our columnist from Le Cordon Bleu is here to help confused Christmas preppers choose a dessert wine November 1, 2018 Choosing a dessert wine is often a topic that comes up at the end of a meal. While most of us know what we like in the way of a red, white or rose, it is the sweet wines that can leave people a bit baffled. Mulled wine is synonymous with Christmas; there’s nothing more [...]
