A recent addition to the Dorset food scene is The Stable, heralded as ‘a new concept in eating’ which aims to draw on some of the best of Dorset’s local produce in their fayre. Part of Bridport’s Bull Hotel. The Stable claims to be a family-friendly environment with plenty of space for the kids and a menu that is likely to appeal to them. This looks like a venue that will take off.
La Stazione, Ryries Bar, Haymarket, Edinburgh
La Stazione is an Italian osteria/trattoria. It is sat immediately above Ryries Bar, an old Scottish pub that has been in operation since the 1860s, in a building that dates back to the 1749. La Stazione is a good local eatery, while there we noticed a number of tables occupied by tourists, like us, but it seemed clear that there were a good number of local customers, it is a popular place and rightly so.
Birra Moretti joins forces with the Caldesi’s to deliver entertaining pizza making evenings
Italian food lovers in London will have the opportunity this summer to learn how to make an authentic Italian pizza using Italian beer in the dough! I was invited along recently, with other food journalists and some foodie bloggers, to experience what will be on offer to those wishing to take advantage of this learning experience.
The Book of Tapas – Simone and Ines Ortega
Simone and Ines Ortega are the chef/authors and names to drop whenever talk turns to tapas. Their book, 1080 Recipes is a fixture in just about every Spanish home kitchen and they are a trusted authority. Their Book of Tapas has the tone of voice of people who know what they’re doing and if you pay attention you will too.
Viajante. London
Viajante is not your average eatery, let’s be honest… it is more of an ‘experience’ than a run-of-the-mill restaurant, but it is quite special indeed. I think that it is definitely somewhere that the consummate foodies among you should experience before it becomes too trendy, too popular and too impossible to get a reservation at.
WABI – Horsham’s Highest Profile Eatery
Former Nobu Head Chef, Scott Hallsworth talks about ‘Wabi’, a brand new Japanese restaurant in Horsham, Sussex.
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2010 -Bulli gets bashed at last
Its finally here, the list has been compiled and we went to along to last night’s prestigious ‘San Pellegrino – World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ awards evening at The Guildhall in London, to see who came tops
Cornish Cove Cheddar – say cheese please
Our Cornish correspondent nibbles away at this new local (to him) cheese and likes it while the makers sling us over two rather tempting recipes to make the most of it
Fish n Chips – still flying the flag after 150 years
Fish and Chips, now 150 years old is, depending on where you live in the UK, good bad or downright terrible. The dish that helped batter Hitler – it was never rationed and special trains were laid on to ensure the whole country got their portions every day – has in too many places descended to be a sad shadow of its former sel
A foodie weekend in Aberdeenshire
Venison and whisky lord over the menu when Anita Pati takes a foodie trip of Aberdeenshire. And the cock pheasants spar while the Cairngorms twinkle. What else in a land where monarch of the glen, stovies and a warming dram bring a welcome fit for royalty?