City restaurant Vivat Bacchus will be hosting a South African wine festival at its Farringdon branch (47, Farringdon Street) between 12-14 May, coinciding with the International Wine & Spirits Fair taking place in London.
Futurist Aerobanquet,
‘Ladies and Gentlemen, on Behalf of the Captain and the Entire Crew, I Would Like to Welcome you aboard the White Blackbird Aerobanquet, a Non Stop Service from London to The Olde Bell, Hurley”
Hell’s Kitchen – it was heaven
It’s taken me a week to get over the hole in my life that is Hell’s Kitchen I began watching from the terylene embrace of a cheap bed in a hotel room in France and, thanks to Mr Tivo, watched it here when I came home late every night.
Arriba – Mexican Independence day ideas
Great things come from Mexico and not all require a blue face mask!
The Tomato Book – Gail Harland and Sofia Larrinua-Craxton
You certainly can’t complain you don’t know what you’re getting when you buy this book – it does exactly what it says on the cover. The pleasures of choosing, growing and cooking the little red devils is what this book is all about.
Me Love Sushi
Me love Sushi – I don’t generally, though J – my friend and dining pardner for the night, swears by its protein content. So away we tubed to Swiss Cottage on a miserable, rain-blasted evening to a Brutalist restaurant whose sheet glass windows leaked in all that cold.
The Wednesday Lunch Club at Camino
Wednesday is steak day at Camino and the team has launched a club whereby a perfect cut of beef, be it fillet, rib-eye, sirloin or rump, sourced from one of their key suppliers at Borough market such as Ginger Pig, is cooked just as you like it and served with a big salad and a glass of specially chosen Spanish red such as Ribera del Duero. Priced at £20 and available Wednesday lunch only.
Fundraising Benefit for the victims of the earthquake in Abruzzo, Italy
Fabulous Events London, a new Event Planning and Management Agency based in the heart of Central London, has teamed up with the non-profit association Italians of London, the largest network of Italians in London, to organize the first fundraising benefit for the victims of the earthquake in Abruzzo, Italy: ‘Italian Style Aperitif’.


