Foodepedia was recently lucky enough to interview Michael Caines ahead of the launch of his Fairy Liquid pop up at the OXO Tower. Caines is the executive chef of Gidleigh Park, a two Michelin star hotel in Devon as well as running the restaurants for the Abode Hotel group.
Cookbook Cafe host’Flavours of Peru ‘ at the InterContinental London Park Lane
The Cookbook Cafe will be hosting ‘Favours of Peru,’ a week-long food festival featuring chef Virgilio Martinez. This pop up festival will provide a taster for what is to come at Virgilio’s new restaurant, Lima London, opening next year.
Checking Out the Latest in Frozen Yoghurt at Samba Swirl
Frozen Yoghurt – or ‘FroYo” as they’re calling it – seems to be at every turn these days, with the likes of Frae, Snog, Yog, Moosh and Yufori having almost as much street presence as Starbucks. Well, perhaps that’s exaggerating a little. But it’s increasingly difficult to escape the health conscious’ answer to an ice cream parlour while the craze snow balls its way down the streets of our major cities. What’s causing this frozen yoghurt frenzy?
Meatballs at The Quality Chop House
Joanna Biddolph enjoys the playful juxtaposition of the thoroughly contemporary one-off Meatballs in the unique Grade II listed Quality Chop House then eats her way through most of the menu (and drinks most of the restaurant’s Blueberry G&T).
Loving the lamb with Annabel Langbein the Free Range Cook
Not usually a fan of lamb – when it’s good it’s great but when it’s not it’s repellent – I needed a good reason to go out to eat some. That reason was an invite to join Annabel Langbein in the basement of Caravan in Exmouth Market to try recipes from her book The Free Range Cook.
Schwarts Slow Cookers Recipe Mixes
As a mother, lover of food and terminally challenged for time, I was keen to try out the new range of Schwartz Slow Cookers seasonings. Just as the weather is cooling down and appetites are yearning for comfort food, Schwartz has come to the rescue just in time.
Bishopsgate Kitchen
The restaurant is a cleverly designed space, open and transparent but still retaining a rustic element. Expect a lot of the food to turn up on wooden platters or iron pans. They have kept things simple. The menu splits into Boards, a selection of mix and match starter sized dishes served, you guessed it, on a board, and a choice of six main courses with optional sides.
Truffle in store at Refettorio
For any serious truffle connoisseur, a trip to Alba in the autumn is de rigueur, however, if Italy seems a bit too far to go, a visit to Refettorio, can prove a worthy alternative. Maintaining its authentic links with everything Italian, Refettorio is one of the City’s finest Italian restaurants and is directed by Michelin-starred Giorgio Locatelli
Shayona Vegetarian Indian Restaurant
New aromas, spice blends and fresh ingredients fused with the authentic traditions of Indian cooking give vegetarians and vegans an exciting way to experience the purity and balance of sattvic cuisine.
A foodie weekend in Stratford-Upon-Avon
Anita Pati heads to the home of the Bard, not to brush up her sonnet skills but to get all Falstaff on the food on offer at the 2011 Food Festival