If your idea of bliss is to cover your face with sticky smears of chocolate, make time for this year’s London Chocolate Festival from 9th to 11th December.
Eight-Six Restaurant
Following the success of their Club Coco in Verbier, co-owner Charlie Kearns and George Adams have created a destination that’s fun but not frivolous, which is probably just as well for anyone with a finely tuned appetite.
Christmas At Selfridges
Selfridges food hall is packed with Christmas cheer from their eponymous Selfridges’ Selection to the finest array of gourmet brands including Godiva, Charbonnel et Walker and Moet & Chandon in everything from pate, port and panettone.
Theo Randall’s Christmas Pudding raises money for Action Against Hunger
The proof will be in the pudding at this year’s Taste of Christmas (2-4 Dec) when award winning chef, Theo Randall will reveal how much money has been raised from a deliciously matured 12 month old Christmas pudding, auctioned to raise money for humanitarian organisation, Action Against Hunger.
Mexican Roasted Corn Recipe
Jackie Lee shares her recipe for Mexican roasted corn – a traditional street food easily made in your home!
Iberica Canary Wharf
In Cabot Square and rather discreetly fronted, the new Iberica Canary Wharf gives good Gosh when you get inside. A rack of reclining jamon legs next to the door make it clear you aren’t in a clothes shop, as it once was, and the space surges up ahead of you. A nice long bar to one side, space centre and left, and above two galleried floors for overspill.
The Angry Birds Bad Piggies Egg Recipes.
Yaaaaaaahhhhhh…. tingit! The Angry Birds cookbook is out with lots of eggy recipes and we go get our trotters on a copy. If you’re looking for a kids’ stocking filler, this should feed the need.
Book Review of Hawksmoor at home
Big, bold and British, the new cookbook from the Hawksmoor is a joyous celebration of all that’s good about food.
Mexican Cook-Off with Benito’s Hat & Discovery Foods
Jackie Lee visits the Waitrose Cookery School to test out her Mexican cooking skills and hopefully win a KitchenAid blender, courtesy of Benito’s Hat and Discovery Foods.
Poulet: More Than 50 Remarkable Meals that Exalt the Honest Chicken: Cree La Favour
With 160 recipes gathered into 55 recipe sets, the pages on cooking met all my needs, plenty of variety and plenty of multi-cultural flavours as befits a bird that is globally ubiquitous. Mulligatwany with Onion Flatbread, Crispy Roast Chicken with Watercress Vinaigrette, and Jerk Thighs with Jamaican Peas are just a few that spring from the page.