Bowmore Transports Londoners to Islay

Tired of city life and craving the rugged wilds of bonnie Scotland? Next week, purveyors of that top-drawer dram, Bowmore, will host an interactive event promising to transport guests to a galaxy far, far away… well, the island of Islay, found off the West coast and home to Bowmore’s distillery.

Carte Noire Instinct Launch

We’re seated in a silk-lined ‘pod’ with a small group of strangers, with a piped soundtrack featuring the slippery strains of modern jazz, low lighting, and a troupe of scantily-clad burlesque dancers. A honed, toned male model draws the curtains closed behind him. The stage seems set for some wholly unwholesome nefarious behaviour.

Too many critics 2012 a triumph

It all started with a sparkling champagne reception, the noise of excited chatter escalating in volume as the scope of the evening hit home. It was the 2012 Action Against Hunger’s Too Many Critics event – and our critic Joanna Biddolph is still waiting for the exclusve blend of coffee that the critics-turned-chefs never delivered to her table …

Gran Padano Recipes by Giancarlo Caldesi

Three lipsmacking recipes from Giancarlo Caldesi: Carbonara with Prosciutto di San Daniele and Grana Padano Cheese, Radicchio and red wine risotto with Grana Padano Cheese and crispy Prosciutto di San Daniele and Baked penne with Prosciutto di San Daniele and Grana Padano Cheese. You may notice a theme here.