I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole. This is pure Alice in Wonderland stuff. In fact, our surly guide is called Alice- although she’s less wide-eyed innocent, more mad-eyed schoolmarm. She barks a bit about Bowmore’s 15 year-old ‘Darkest’ whisky at us, then dramatically throws open a door demanding we enter ‘the chocolate room’. Yes, ma’am!

What comes to mind when someone mentions Dubai? Ludicrously tall buildings, luxury leisure projects, endless […]

The Sky Lounge in the Double Tree Hilton at Tower of London is the sort of place where a glass of wine doesn’t quite suffice. By all means, if that’s your tipple, make your choice from the menu, but on the 12th floor with views like that, a cocktail or at least a glass of champagne feels more appropriate.

Bertolli will be launching the inaugural Bertolli Spread Olive D’Oro Awards, in partnership with BBCGoodFood.co.uk, to mark 50 years of Italian food in the UK.
Members of the public can vote for their favourite deli and trattoria.

It was always fun to visit Petersham Nurseries when Skye Gyngell was in charge of […]

At the end of this month, the medieval university city of Leuven just outside Brussels […]

Along with huge wheels of cheese, one 16 months old and the other 24, we have Giancarlo Caldesi in his eponymous central London cookery school, La Cucina Caldesi, with a leg of the San Daniele ham, a stack of recipes, a lot of enthusiasm for both products and plenty of flirtatious banter.

This spring, Ping Pong has hit upon the city of Xi’an along the Silk Road whose dishes it showcases in its new menu. Beef, lamb, jellies and dates are pinging their way from old China to Ping Pong’s 11 locations across London.

Sofitel’s Stars, Food & Art is an unique worldwide event where 7 chefs, with 12 Michelin Stars between them, cook one unique meal together as a team. It’s coming to London Sofitel St James in September 2012 and we were lucky enough to get a tasty preview when the food stars came out at Sofitel Dubai last week.

If you’re a foodie looking for more than the usual Italy/France/Spain experience and you love fresh fish, fresh air, stunning scenery and gentle exercise and fun then the Kuusamo experience is one to go for. It’s very, very ice.