Carluccio’s in Chiswick has opened its newly-refurbished doors to invite neighbourhood friends and families to come in and enjoy its new look. The authentic caffè, restaurant and foodshop hasa brand new interior, new management team and is bursting with Italian freshness.
Summer places
Ah eating outside, is there anything nicer? Well yes, but not on a family website. We are collating places to snack in the great outdoors so read on and see which ones stir your suncream
Nar
A stone’s throw from Vauxhall Cross (where our secret service hang out) Nar Restaurant and Bar sits on the Albert Embankment occupying the space created by two of the arches on which the trains to and from Waterloo station serve the west on London and beyond. I was invited to attend its official launch party recently and of course was happy to do so.
Hump a hamper this summer
After enjoying months of the great British indoors, watching the leaves fall, the log fires flicker and warming up from the inside-out with hearty British fayre, the summer sunshine is finally on its way. With it comes the picknickers’ delight. But with the credit crunch biting and the rolling hills of Italy’s Tuscan olive groves an increasingly unaffordable and distant dream, why not bring a little of the Mediterranean lifestyle closer to home?
Sausage and tomato pizza
Get the kids involved with this tasty meal – a home-made version of a takeaway favourite, topped with sausages, cheese, and hidden vegetables.
Strada della Nonna – Gian Bohan
Strada della Nonna or The way of the Granny. Sounds a bit like a kung fu movie when you (very roughly) translate it. Italian kung fu that is, which presumably involves loudly honking your horn at people whilst flicking an imaginary beard. This is a book about a boy growing up under the culinary influence of a granny with ‘a six foot’ pasta rolling pin who would arrive in Sheffield from Modena, driven by her husband and with a car boot full of food treasures.
Johnnie Walker® and Selfridges celebrate 100 years of iconic style together
2009 marks the 100th anniversary of two of the UK’s most iconic brands, Johnnie Walker Black Label and Selfridges and to celebrate this centenary year, Johnnie Walker has produced a limited edition bottle of its flagship Black Label, exclusively for Selfridges.
Free tea or coffee with Cinnabon
A free tea or coffee with any purchase of a freshly baked Cinnabon cinnamon roll (or Chocobon / Pecanbon varieties). The voucher is redeemable at any one of the three Cinnabon Central London cafes, located in Oxford Street,Trocadero Centre and Queensway Bayswater. Offer valid until end June 2009.
10 Minutes to table Xanthe Clay
Leaving aside the heretical idea that we might actually want to take longer over cooking than previously, in order to have something to do of an afternoon to prevent the slide into daytime TV and the inevitable unscrewing of the Costcutter Chardonnay at 3 p.m, is this the book we want right now?
Moti Mahal hits the road
On Thursday 28 May 2009 Moti Mahal will launch a new menu highlighting recipes of rural corners of India that has been inspired from the tales and experiences of Head Chef Anirudh Arora’s voyage across the ancient ‘Grand Trunk’ Road.