Recently revised and re-printed, the Veggie & Organic London guide, written and compiled by Russell Rose, is an authoritative guide to vegetarian and organic eating, drinking and more in London.
Ortega – Spanish with a Riojan accent
Visitors during Ortega’s Rioja Festival can enjoy a tasting of the restaurant’s Rioja selection with matching tapas dishes specially selected to help enhance the flavour of each wine. A tasting of six wines from the Rioja selection, paired with six specially selected tapas dishes, along with bread and olives will be available for £15 per person from today.
Leek & Mushroom Lasagna with Four Cheese Sauce
If you think this dish is just for vegetarians, you’d be wrong! I am usually a total carnivore, but this dish left me 100% satisfied! With its rich cheese and leek sauce and beefy mushroom bite, it’s a great alternative to meat and really easy to make!
Bringing Gastronomy to Gaol
Douglas Blyde goes to prison. No, not as punishment for his purple prose, but to sample the food at the Clink, the only restaurant in the UK to be located inside a prison. Not only did he rather enjoy this unique experience, he was even allowed out to offend again.
Quartz to Crystal
Following the first glass masterclass in Britain, Douglas Blyde catches-up with Maximilian Riedel, 11th generation figurehead of the world’s most famous luxury glassware firm. It was founded in 1756 in northern Bohemia.
Fight Hunger/ Eat out 2009. Tables now open
Last year more than 500 restaurateurs helped raise awareness of Action Against Hunger and raised over £400,000 towards the organisation’s vital work. This year you can do your bit by encouraging restaurants you know to take part but even better, choose the participating restaurants as places to spend your money.
Papillon designer menu launches
Three of the world’s leading fashion icons have teamed up to create a designer menu for the Chelsea brasserie, Papillon, The menu will be available during London Fashion Week (18 – 25 September) to celebrate its 25th anniversary and part of the proceeds will go to the Eve Appeal charity.
The Roof Gardens salutes 25 years of London Fashion Week with its fashion icon cocktails
To celebrate the start of the 25th London Fashion Week this Friday, The Roof Gardens in Kensington is offering up a host of new cocktails to celebrate 25 years of the biggest names in fashion coming to the capital.
Seven Dials September Fashion Frenzy
With London Fashion Week moving to a new home this September, nearby Seven Dials participating retailers and restaurants are offering shoppers a 20% discount from Thursday 24th to Sunday 27th September.
Open up to oyster classes at Le Bouchon Breton
Shell out a few quid at Le Bouchon Breton in old Spitalfields Market.Each oyster masterclass will feature 10 different varieties of oysters especially sourced from around the coastlines of regional France, England, Scotland and The Channel Islands and these will be paired with a glass of ice cold Champagne, Tourraine, Pouilly Fume and Entres deux Mer.