It’s not very often that we get excited about kitchen gadgets especially one as ordinary as a grater. But this (to coin a phrase) isn’t just any grater, this is a Microplane Master Series… Continue reading
One of my earliest memories is standing on a stool at the hob in my Nan’s kitchen, stirring a huge pot of bubbling fruit and sugar. I was about five years old and… Continue reading
Marley Spoon has teamed up with Olia Hercules this June – The Observer’s Rising Star of 2015 and author of celebrated cookbook, Mamushka. Olia combines her Ukrainian heritage with Cypriot, Italian, Moldovan, Laos… Continue reading
If ever you needed another reason to visit GŎNG, this is it. Creator Jörg of Le Lion Bar de Paris in Hamburg is in London from 11 to 14 May, guest bartending at GŎNG… Continue reading
Richard Arthur ‘Dick’ Bradsell was so much more than a bartender. Not only was he known for his inventive work with cocktails but also as a talented writer. Described as the ‘cocktail king’… Continue reading
We are guilty of being lazy cooks the majority of the time, we hold our hands up to it. With little spare time during the week, it’s far easier for me to knock… Continue reading
The famous Black Velvet cocktail was invented back in 1861 at Brooks’s Club in London. After the death of Prince Albert everyone was overcome with emotion and the story goes that the steward… Continue reading
Cooking for my step children is a never-ending mystery. The eldest used to eat (and try) anything until he got braces and some things had to be ruled out. The youngest one isn’t… Continue reading
Cottages4you, The UK’s largest self-catering holiday specialist, has joined forces with some of the UK’s favourite gastro pubs and restaurants to create a collection of simple recipes to inspire holidaymakers enjoying a self-catering stay. They… Continue reading
This recipe is genius, we saw Nick and Archie, aka My Daddy Cooks make it at the Real Food Festival last Sunday. Archie made his own version, I recall it involved chocolate and… Continue reading
I wanted to make something for my mother in-law to-be for Mother’s Day (my mother is not an option, long and depressing story). On the way home from work on the train, I… Continue reading
Got a jar of PERi PERi sauce knocking around? Wayne Collins, the celeb mixologist from BBC’s Something For The Weekend has created two unique cocktails with Nando’s Extra Extra Hot PERi-PERi Sauce as… Continue reading
It was Boxing Day morning, we were awake early with yet another hangover in one of my cousin’s old bedrooms in Birmingham. All her old books and toys are still in the bedroom,… Continue reading
