Sole from la Cotinière Roasted in lemon butter In the spirit of a paella By Nicolas Magie A recipe from the marvellous St James Hotel in Bordeaux
Jones Family Project, Summer Picnic
Jones Family Project are hosting a picnic in their ever excellent upstairs bar, complete with fake grass rolled across the floor. Fortunately, you get to sit on proper chairs, not cross-legged on rugs waiting for your legs to go dead at the knees (how old am I?). To this, they bring a hamper, filled to the brim with small boxed goodie and a few bottles of elderflower infused gin and perry mix.
Eating The Domino Effect
Never one for board games usually, Nick finds the Domino Effect is worth getting to the table for.
Foodies Festival Brings Outdoor Summer Feast to Alexandra Palace, July 3,4,5
Foodies Festival, the UK’s biggest celebration of food and drink, comes to Alexandra Palace for the first time this summer, transforming the grounds into a foodie heaven 3,4,5th July with celebrity chefs, new food and drink theatres, artisan producers and street food.
Welsh inspired supper club on the 8th July.
Peyton and Byrne are celebrating Welsh provenance with this Summer Supper Club, designed and hosted by expert chef Stephen Terry and Oliver Peyton OBE at one of London’s most verdant locations, Inn The Park.
James Purdie Launches Porky Pop Up Oink in Shoreditch
The doors of porky pop-up Oink will be thrown open on 3rd July 2015. The self-proclaimed home of Swine Dining, which will take a weekend residence on Shoreditch’s Commercial Street, aims to pay culinary homage to our pot-bellied friends.
Grilled lamb and halloumi wrap by Victus and Bibo
This takes a traditional authentic dish and adds a modern street food twist for a new generation of food lovers and globe-trotting gourmands. This dish is easy to prepare, making it perfect for light lunches or al fresco suppers.
Lyon Gastronomique
The multitude of restaurants in Lyon, France’s ‘gastronomic city’ are now just a train ride away thanks to the new direct line from London St. Pancras. Alan Kingsbury ‘lets the train take the strain’ and then eats and sees as much as he can.
The Future Looks Bright for Courvoisier
Even non-cognac drinkers have heard of Courvoisier, so when Lara got an invite to a mysterious Courvoisier event in Paris she was onto the Eurostar faster than you can say ‘la plume de ma tante’.
Cognac and coffee join forces for Espresso Martini Month
June is Espresso Martini Month at Grind & Co’s locations across London. In conjunction with Cognac connoisseurs Merlet et Fils , it is combining coffee and cognac in a newly imagined version of this classic cocktail.