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Hyderbad hokum at Namaaste Kitchen
Friday February 3rd, 2012For some, February is the real cruellest month, what with its Valentine hyperbole, morbid imaginings and Arctic weather. But for others such as Namaaste Kitchen in Camden, February is about celebrating regional Indian cuisine, in this case, that from Hyderabad. And eating is a great antidote for early-year blues.
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Georgian wine, reborn
Saturday January 28th, 2012Georgia is the oldest wine-growing country on the planet, it is also producing some of the most exciting examples of natural wine anywhere in the world. I traveled to Kakheti in the heart of Georgian wine country to find out what was behind this recent viticultural resurgence.
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The cream rises - Jane Egginton raises a glass to Bristol’s Sherry Steeped History
Saturday January 28th, 201212 Denmark Street has been the original home of world famous sherry since it was first imported to the city in 1796 from across Europe. Once the site of one of Bristol’s most iconic restaurants, Harveys Cellars designed by Sir Terrence Conran, it is steeped in the history as the birthplace of Harveys Bristol Cream, known as the world’s first cream sherry.
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Taste the real difference - the best of Scottish produce on a plate
Friday January 27th, 2012Summer Isles were just one of around ten Scottish producers who had lugged their lovely grub from the Highlands all the way down to the lowlands of the RAC Club in Pall Mall. The intention was to show first hand what we miss out on when we fix our foodie gaze on Ludlow or the continent. The Scottish Highlands are a land rich in fine produce, none of which need to consume air miles to get to our plates.
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Toast!
Monday January 23rd, 2012I got my first sandwich toaster for university, my mother feeling that I would otherwise starve. In fact I had already mastered the art of making spaghetti Bolognese as well as curry/stew (one contained curry powder, one didn’t) so I was quite safe. All I recall about using the toaster at university are clouds of acrid cheesy smoke on the staircase by my rooms and the college porter giving me a lecture on fire drill.
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The Green, Green Grass of Home -The Best of British Cheeses
Friday January 20th, 2012Both traditional and modern British cheeses are up to the task of satisfying our demanding, modern palates. I was pleasantly surprised by the textures and intensity of flavours from these modern varieties and will definitely be more inclined to choose locally in the future.
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More Cheese Please
Wednesday January 18th, 2012The Waldorf Hilton has partnered up with the Stilton Cheese Makers' Association to create a special menu featuring the classic English cheese.
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Good Enough for Dickens? Afternoon tea at the Arts Club-
Tuesday January 17th, 2012Mayfair is a fitting location for this exclusive club founded by Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope and Lord Leighton. The Arts Club has overcome a shaky past to become the beacon of style and substance that it is today.
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I'm In With The Gin Crowd
Monday January 16th, 2012In which Zoe Perrett discovers the fascinating history of the spirit considered responsible for the downfall of many a housewife.
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A Sweet Life in the Cévennes
Friday January 13th, 2012L’oignon doux de Cévennes, is prized for its tender texture, honeyed taste and fine, pearly white, almost iridescent papery skin.Jane Egginton peels back the layers on this unique and ancient alium
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Get the Taste of the Mediterranean Delivered to Your Door
Friday January 13th, 2012The boxes will often contain items appropriate to the season but as Webb puts it, ‘will never be prescriptive’. What separates Good Fork from any other business is that Webb’s range is authentic and of the highest quality, sourced from family businesses and artisans across the Mediterranean.
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Delhi: Where The Rice is Nice and Noise Annoys
Wednesday January 11th, 2012Visiting India to attend a conference and book launch promoting Basmati rice, Zoe Perrett brings a few grains of wisdom back from New Delhi.
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Danesfield House, Marlow
Tuesday January 3rd, 2012At Danesfield boxes are ticked, effortlessly. Plaudits firstly for service – which was exemplary. At the main door I had one of the warmest and most sincere welcomes I think I’ve ever received (bar the day I offered to look after all three of my friend’s psychotic kids for the night) and this formal but friendly vibe weaved its cheery path pretty much throughout the entire building
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Breakfast time
Friday December 16th, 2011
Some say the full English breakfast is this country’s main, possibly only, culinary gift to the world. Where else can you start the day with a meal so stuffed with carbs it will keep you going well past lunch and, if taken everyday, all the way to A & E? -
Glacé à la Moutarde: Are You Taking the Pistou?
Wednesday December 14th, 2011Hot on the heels of his ‘straight from the freezer’ biscuit dough comes Heston Blumenthal’s new ice-cream for Waitrose. We’re probably all familiar with Heston’s jiggery pokery that gave us classics like bacon and egg ice-cream, but how do his haute creations translate to the mass market? The answer is rather emphatically, they don’t.
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See What Happiness Looks Like
Monday December 12th, 2011Krug has been crafting happiness since 1843 and so has asked celebrity patrons of arts and luminaries to ‘create their own version of happiness.
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Hartwell House. Aylesbury
Sunday December 11th, 2011Hartwell House, incidentally a grade 1 listed as well as National Trust property, more than lived up to the promise of its grand, if over-familiar entrance. The main building, a seventeenth century mansion house, accommodates 33 guests at full capacity (a former stable block in the grounds has been converted to create a further 16 rooms and suites). This place is, as they say, steeped in a history – but in its truest and most tangible sense
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Hilton Feeds our Festive Fancy
Friday December 9th, 2011Take a look at this lovely line-up of foodie festivities on offer at Hilton this Christmas. From afternoon teas to kitchen tours, it will be hard to narrow down the ways to spoil yourself.
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The Chocolate Festival
Friday December 9th, 2011I didn’t get a chance to try the chocolate churros stand, and I would have loved to have sampled the pretty boxes of Baruzzo Italian chocolates. Look out for the trembling stacks of cookies from Galeta and the various cake, fudge and novelty chocolates stalls.
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Have a Happy Christmas with Harrod's
Thursday December 8th, 2011With this range of goodies you're bound to give any foodie friend the gift of the season or even better, you could create your own Harrod's Hamper, full of goodies from London's iconic store, with all the cache that comes with that green and gold bag but without the humongous price tag.