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.
Waipara West Wines. New Zealand. Gift set of Six
If you don’t know much about New Zealand wines now is the time for change. […]
Roussillon
Roussillon was once well known as a shining example of London dining. Yet that was under Alexis Gauthier, since decamped to the bright lights of Soho. With the arrival of new chef Shane Hughes has Roussillon retained its charm?
Copas Turkey for Christmas Dinner
Cooking the Christmas turkey a solemn task. The family is counting on you. But not only that, that noble bird, born and bred for this very day, is counting on you.
The Spiegel Saloon at Winter Wonderland
The Spiegel Saloon featuring at this year’s Hyde Park Winter Wonderland will transport you out of the frosty city air and into a time-forgotten space of colour of warmth.
Loseley Summer Meadow Butter Christmas Pudding
So easy to make, this Loseley Christmas cake packed with rum, butter and dried fruits all mingle together to taste like Christmas. This recipe is a must-try and would transfer perfectly to individual miniture cakes as gifts.
The Rookery, Clapham Common
Overall the Rookery seems to be doing the right things in the right way to become a popular neighbourhood joint. There’s a lot of middle-class, recession immune, money in Abbeville village but the restaurants there have mostly got complacent, giving the Rookery a chance to fly in successfully.
Suda Rice Bar in Covent Garden
Being at the ambassador’s party among life size marionettes, not to mention the piles of indigo butterfly pea rice, was a warming experience for an early winter evening. This was the Thai ambassador and the party was at Suda, the ‘Siamese rice bar”, or more correctly, swanky Thai restaurant, officially opened in autumn at London’s Covent Garden.
Tasting India Christine Mansfield
We often hear that recipe books are dead and that everyone goes online to find recipes now. Well this book is a counter-argument to that, offering you something beyond mere information, but instead a tangible sensory experience too, a feast for the eyes, a tactile treat and something to curl up in a chair with. Just make sure it’s a strong chair.