The etymology, or origin, of recipe names is a subject no one I think has ever really gone into before. Some names we know, such as Peach Melba and Eggs Benedict, but does Chicken Kiev really come from Kiev and who was Reuben of the famous sandwich?
Nescafe Dolce Gusto Genio reviewed
The 2012 Nescafe Dolce Gusto Genio has new features and refinements to add to the experience and the flavour. Just as before it’s rather cute and stylish and takes up almost no room on a worktop; the base occupies a space less than a foot square, which is about 30cm if you insist on surrendering to the tyranny of Brussels. And it makes a decent cup of Joe too.
Donald Russell Beef Moussaka
Purveyors of meat and poultry to H.M The Queen, the folks at Donald Russell have a reputation for churning out quality mail order meat boxes and speciality pre-prepared dishes so, continuing my exploratory journey down the ready meal aisle, I looked forward to trying their new beef Moussaka.
Jim Beam launches Devil’s Cut in the UK
Up until recently, a US classic, bourbon whisky, had an image problem similar to American junk food before it got trendy.It’s presumably with the youth market in mind that Jim Beam has released a new bourbon called Devil’s Cut, a play on the notion of the’angel’s share’ where some of the bourbon is lost to evaporation while ageing in the barrel.
Fratelli La Bufala, Shaftesbury Avenue, London
Italians love kids, and pregnant women apparently, so I wasn’t worried about bringing along my second and five-month-old third cousins to this busy eaterie just off Piccadilly Circus. Within a half hour of arriving the place was heaving with parents and kids, the noise levels on a par to the traffic intersection outside, however not all of it stemming from the junior patrons.
York(ie) and other chocolate moments
With chocolate week upon us, Anita Pati travels to York where chocolate is in the very air and immerses herself in a Chocolate Indulgence break. All the visits are spread over a couple of days giving you time to recuperate in your wonderful four-poster bed – if you book the deluxe room – before heading out for more engorgement. So why daydream of chocolate hunks when you can stuff a cityful in
The roof’s the limit. We go up to Skymarket.
We’re all going a bit bonkers for street food right now, but what about roof […]
2012 Times Cheltenham Literature Festival
You may think the Times Cheltenham Literature Festival is all about food for thought, but Kate Townsend fids plenty more visceral things to chew on.
Ashdown Park Hotel
Things are done differently in the country though, they hunt things, they kill and mostly eat the things they hunt, they are comfortable with corduroy and welly boots and mud. Here at Ashdown Park Hotel and Country Club part of the same Elite Hotels Group as The Grand Eastbourne some things are still done pretty much as they would have been done thirty years ago.
Angelus restaurant London
The sight of a man eating alone in a restaurant is reassuring, one you tend to see only in French restaurants. A good French place is where the lone diner never feels like a sad loner; just someone having a meal. The staff treat him perfectly normally and chat cheerfully, knowing just how long to linger before letting him get on with his grub.