I recently had the pleasure of having dinner with a dazzling trio of PR ladies […]
Assaggetti
You have to applaud the people behind Assaggetti before you even set foot through the […]
Languedoc-Roussillon
Wines from the Languedoc-Roussillon area of Southern France feature regularly at the Foodepedia dinner table.We look at a couple of producers who offer quality and value in their price ranges.
Lahore Kebab House
You won’t go here for a sit down special meal; in fact most of you wont go here at all seeing as you don’t know where Norbury is do you? But if you’re ever darn sarf then look out for the loudest building in town right next to the banks of the burbling River Wandle. Lahore joy ahoy!
Olympic cocktails at Malmaison
In the north-west corner of Charterhouse Square sits the Malmaison hotel, the venue for this event. Malmaison are offering a menu of 6 different cocktails all of which are meant to reflect some aspect of the Olympic games. The bar itself is cozy and dark, with strategically placed TV screens ready to screen as many of the 302 events that will be contested during the course of the next few weeks.
Corraling California Rancher Spice Kits
In fact the California Ranchers are based no further west than Bristol, but they use traditional recipes, techniques and flavours that date back to when men were men and died with their boots on and all genuinely developed in California.
Woodland Ways Foraging Course
Want to learn how to forage like the pros without the hospital visits? We tried out a Woodland Ways foraging course to see how easy it really is – and avoid any dodgy tummies
Woking out at The School of Wok
Want to Wok harder, better, faster? Then you need School of Wok. Nick Harman takes the 1 hour Quickfire class and emerges a Wok god with awesome flipping skills, literally.
The Plough, Clapham
The biscuit-coloured exterior of The Plough and the views of a busy crossroads at the dodgy end of St Johns Hill are far from attractive but inside the décor’s trendy without being pretentious – plush pink sofas, foxglove wallpaper, yellow tasselled lampshades, a carpet of astro-turf and jaunty, coloured plants in treacle tins.
Have an ethical picnic with RSPCA recipes
New research from the RSPCA shows the majority of us (56%) care about animal welfare but find higher welfare picnic foods hard to find. As part of a campaign to address this problem, the RSPCA has teamed up with Richard Johnson, TV presenter and food writer, to encourage more people to roll up their sleeves and make their own higher welfare picnic food.