Home Bake by Eric Lanlard

Eric Lanlard’s new book ‘Home Bake’ looks too good. So good in fact, it’s almost obscene. That’s the conclusion Qin Xie has come to after some two weeks of picking it up, flipping through and mulling over her thoughts.

Languedoc wines, a new hierarchy and some great wine

AOC Languedoc in Southern France forms the largest wine-making region in the Mediterranean. In the past it has been suggested that the region is a hotchpotch of terroirs and crus, made up, as it is, of 29 different named wines. We sampled two Languedoc wines recently and here are our thoughts.

Redhook, Clerkenwell

I really wanted to like Redhook but there’s a balance between making customers feel like part of the crew and casting them out on such a long line that they feel lost and forgotten, bobbing around in a sea of other thirsty and hungry people. Put some welly into front of house and Redhook could be reeling them in.