Baked not fried, the Fresh Gourmet range of croutons, the number one brand of croutons and toppings in the USA, has now launched in the UK, offering busy cooks the crunch, flavour and texture that transforms everyday dishes into memorable meals in minutes. Need some salad inspiration? We have some great summer salad recipes to get you started.
The Sage Tea Maker. No it’s not a Teas Made
So kettles can’t be improved? Well yes they can, stick Heston Blumenthal in front of one and he’s immediately thinking’what if’ and the result of such thinking is the Sage Tea Maker
Megaro Bar Kings Cross
As the Kings Cross area continues its transformation into one of the capital’s trendiest places to be seen, this week has seen the opening of yet another unusual meeting place, the boutique bar Megaro
Jessica’s Recipe Bag
Early on a Monday evening, a bag full of fresh, tasty ingredients is delivered to your house, along with three or four recipe cards, ready for you to start cooking. Each meal is carefully created by working mother and nutritionist, Jessica Andersson, the creator of Jessica’s recipe bag.
Vivek Singh Launches The Butcher Bar at Anise
Cinnamon Kitchen is launching a rather primal pop-up: The Butcher Bar at Anise in the City. From carnivorous cocktails that include bacon-infused buffalo trace to a bloodthirsty butcher’s block of choice game.
Lounge Lover
In general Lounge Lover looks like the interior of Mark Anthony “Baz” Luhrmann’s mind, a riot of camp, colour and devil may care eccentricity with small private rooms tucked exotically away off the main drag. As my pal A says, and he’s been around,’notice how everything is portable? If this place ever went under about the only thing they’d have to leave for the receivers is the paint on the walls.
Lobsterfest 15 at Belgo
The Jean-Claude Van Damme of London chain restaurants brings us its 15th annual Lobsterfest event, a culinary celebration of all things pinchy, proof at last that there is more to Brussels than Mussels.
Strawberry recipes ripe for the summer
To whet your appetite for the glorious summer due to last at least a few days longer, here are three simply scrumptious strawberry recipes by top chefs and food writers Michel Roux, Bill Grainger and Tamasin Day-Lewis, courtesy of Quadrille Publishing.
Happy Birthday Pesto!
Pesto is 150 years old and that jar you have in the fridge is no spring chicken either. Jonny reads the recipe book
Pescatori Fitzrovia
Pescatori is special in an unshowy way. The people who eat there are eating for pleasure, not because it’s this week’s must eat place, and that’s how restaurants in London used to be. Yes a lot of its lunchers are on expense accounts, but at Pescatori they are also the kind of people who radiate bonhomie not faux boredom