Smoked Salmon Bacon. Is it bacon? Is it salmon? Is it the result of an unholy inter-species breeding programme such as when a Daily Mail reader marries a Guardian reader and creates a super idiot? Well we had to find out.

We get a caffeine high and a gin fix from London Grind, the new kid on the coffee block in South London

Gran Luchito make smoked chili products to light your creative fire

There’s a lot of craft ales around, all brewed by suitably bearded men, but what do you do if you fancy a lager? Not one designed to be consumed in vast quantities before setting out for a club but something worthy of the name? Rod Jones, Beer Sommelier, Meantime Brewing recommends the top 5 lagers brewed in the capital for the capital, ahead of Craft Beer Rising.

Hosted in the always trendy Hoxton Hotel, Drinks Galore laid on a cocktail (Tommy’s Margarita) followed by six different tequilas and a few nibbles.

The modern winemakers of France’s southern Pays d’Oc region are coming up with some tasty wines that are proving very useful at the dinner table. We recommend six good value wines that demonstrate the style and quality of different ‘single grape’ varieties. 

Happy New Year! No that’s not diary malfunction because, of course, it’s coming up to the Chinese New Year and this year it’s the Year of the Sheep, a special celebration of Shoreditch hipsters. Well again not really, but it is the sheep’s year all the same and Chinese restaurants from the humble to the highest are putting on special menus to celebrate.

We road test Marley Spoon, the latest in a new breed of home delivery food services that promises to inspire home chefs to cook more adventurously.

Based in Carnaby Street we at Foodepedia venture out all over London to eat but there’s actually a lot  on our doorstep. So parking the Oyster card we took a look local for once.

You may or may not be aware that it’s currently London’s first ever Pisco Sour Week, a city-wide celebration of (arguably) Peru’s most delectable export. The week-long festival follows in the footsteps of the National Pisco Sour day, which is celebrated throughout Peru on the first Saturday of February.