Because of his website’s dim catchphrase, ‘It’s just booze – drink it!’ I anticipate Washington State winemaker Charles Smith might seem loutish. Rather than produce and promote anaesthetics, I believe his resolute coolness is actually his way of disarming drinkers paralysed by European jargon and pretensions…
Trinity, Clapham
Trinity is the second Clapham restaurant of chef patron Adam Byatt, with the first being the now defunct Thyme, and it works very hard to amalgamate fine dining with its friendly neighbourhood restaurant ethos. Soft lighting gently framed the windows with only a small discreet plaque revealing the restaurant within, Trinity.
Melito, Oxford Circus
Why are some cash machines located lower than others? In any row one will always be a couple of feet nearer the pavement than the rest. Is it like the special urinal in the gents, the one that allows small boys to relieve themselves without having to jump up and down, a procedure that tends to get a bit messy?
Miguel de Almeida’s saltcod cakes with a chilli dip
My grandmother used to cook these more when the weather was getting warmer, from Spring onwards. I loved seeing her chopping the parsley, mashing the potatoes, shredding the cod and assembling everything with an egg in a cream coloured china bowl.
Little Beauty, a new face from the new world
How’s this for something beautiful. The Little Beauty range of wines from New Zealand have a special offer for Foodepedia readers – an initial discount of 15% on their first order. First though we went to Claridges to have a tasting of these new wines from the the new world
Sainsbury’s au pair’s apple cake recipe
Celebrate British apple and pear season with Sainsbury’s au pair’s apple cake recipe.
Delamere Dairy’s Thai-style pumpkin soup
Check out this recipe for Thai-style soup with the added twist of Delamere Dairy Natural goats’ yogurt for a unique taste.
‘Spirit in the sky’
I’m 40 meters above an asphalt parking lot on the South Bank of the Thames, literally eye-to-Eye with London’s famous Ferris wheel, strapped into a padded leather swivel chair that must be the tallest barstool in the world. There’s nothing but air beneath my feet—or, arguably, between my ears, given my current predicament. Ah, the lengths—and heights—I’ll go to for whisky.
Harrods launch their Festival of British Food with Valentine Warner
Ably fronted by celebrity chef, Valentine Warner, Harrods launched their Festival of British Food, on Wednesday this week, the festival runs for a little over two weeks until 3 October. For the launch food writers were invited to lunch in The Terrace Bar on the fourth floor where we met and mingled with British food producers, myself clutching my flute of Knightsbridge, English sparkling wine.
New All Bar One Bishopsgate
All Bar One have always been a company that strives to deliver what the customer wants so with the new All Bar One Bishopsgate they’ve expanded on their successful business model by offering innovative new dishes.