A Denhay Bacon Butty and a cup of Victory tea

One of life’s great pleasures, at least for a Brit, has to be a big old bacon sandwich and a big old mug of tea. The bread has to be thick cheap white, no ciabattas or focaccias thank you, and the tea has to be proper tea, not some designer nonsense or some soppy tisane. Luvverly.

An entente cordiale over afternoon tea at Sketch

A trip to Sketch, Pierre Gagnaire’s gastro-emporium, is worth it just to see the bathrooms alone. But a redecorated room and a new menu means that afternoon tea aficionados should head to Conduit Street to get lost in the Glade and enjoy a classic British afternoon tea with a bit of cross-channel flair

Eurostar presents Traction

Eurostar, an official supporter of the London 2012 Festival, has announced the full line-up for ‘Eurostar presents Traction’, an original one-day summer festival curated by internationally renowned DJ, Gilles Peterson at which numerous food and drinks concessions will be available.

Chris Kimball on America’s Test Kitchen

199 attempts at a chocolate cake? 3 months and counting to boil the perfect egg? The lengths some people go to in the name of decent nosh. Well, not people per se, but, for the test cooks of America’s Test Kitchen, these remarkable feats are just a standard part of the daily grind. At their helm, one man- Chris Kimball, walking gastronomic encyclopedia and, quite frankly, culinary genius.

Summer on the Southbank with Propstore & Sipsmith

One of the books in a tall stack of dusty volumes has caught my eye. I better not try and pry it out, though- the bar will collapse. And I’d hate to cause a scandal on the Southbank. That’s just not cricket- or, more aptly, croquet, since that’s the tournament playing out this evening to mark the launch of Propstore.

Pret A Diner Italians Do It Better

I can imagine much of Pret a Diner will enrage some restaurant critics what with its prices and, let’s admit it, slight pretentiousness. If you’re the sort of person who spots a £500 shirt and sees no problem in buying it though, then you will feel happily at home here.