Pop ups are ten a penny these days, but rarely is the chef of such pedigree. Tom Sellers has worked with Tom Aikens,
Thomas Keller, Adam Byatt, and more recently, Rene Redzepi at Noma. The pop up,called Foreword, is for two nights on the 28th and 29th of November with the Rebel Dining Club.
Top Ten Baking Tips
Pastry chef Liz offers advice to help us home-bakers get better results in our kitchens. From room temperature eggs whites to the dangers of over-mixing, we’ll not only learn the golden rules of baking but we’ll find out why these pearls of kitchen wisdom work. Read on to win a Lurpak Christmas Baking Kit.
Tasting the new Gizz-mo at Byron Burgers
We went to try Byron’s new Movember offering, the Gizz-mo burger, to see if welsh rarebit cuts the mustard as a burger topping.
Oxford Beer Companion by Garrett Oliver
A five course Indian lunch at Quilon with a specially designed beer tasting menu gave beer and curry a new meaning. Over a gourmet meal we met the man who literally wrote the book on beer, Garrett Oliver.
Floridita Supports The Lord Mayor’s Appeal
On November 9, central London restaurant Floridita will be pulling out the stops to raise money for The Lord Mayor’s Appeal 2011 with an extra special charity performance of Cabaret Floridita, its fabulously glamorous live music and burlesque night.
Meatball recipe for Winter
Looking for something to make for dinner this week? Why not try Philly Hero Nicola Bryans’ meatball linquine recipe using Philadelphia cream cheese. With meatballs, cream cheese and pasta this recipe has all the hallsmarks of the perfect comfort cooking.
Manchurian Legends in London’s Chinatown
Pretty much the whole body is covered nose to tail at Manchurian Legends and the menu is not for the faint-hearted: stir-fried pigs intestines with leek, spicy pigs knuckle, marinated duck tongues, stir-fried chicken gizzard and heart…
Pierre Herme Macarons
Pierre Herme is a 4th generation pastry chef with a weakness for sweet things and the skill and imagination to make his wildest sugar-coated dreams come true. He is launching the release of his macaron bible called simply MACARONS. While it is not new in France, it has taken four years to translate this tome into English.
100 years’Michelin Guide’ Dinner at The Grand Eastbourne
I don’t know who’s been sleeping in my bed; it could have been Ernest Shackleton, possibly Hailie Salassie or even Winston Churchill. It wasn’t Liam Gallagher anyway because I know for a fact he was in the suite next door along with George Michael, although not at the same time of course.
Allens of Mayfair launch exclusive English Angus range of Beef
Scotch Angus is the big name in Beef but Church View’s English Angus is hoping to change all that. Edward Crowley went along to Allens of Mayfair to investigate.