Mayfair is a fitting location for this exclusive club founded by Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope and Lord Leighton. The Arts Club has overcome a shaky past to become the beacon of style and substance that it is today.
Caparossa, Italian restaurant in Putney, London
You could pop into Caparossa and have a glass of wine and plate of pasta and feel yourself well fed. Go for all four courses and you could feel yourself a bit fat. This modern Neapolitan eatery has a lot of charm, some very good cooking and not an oversized pepper mill in sight.
Bacon buddies. Two Americans have created Bacon Salt that is even kosher
The Bacon Salt is totally, irredeemably and unapologetically artificial. It’s a bacon flavour never found in nature. Like the malt salt it is zero fat, zero calorie and, good news if you’re Jewish it’s totally kosher as there is not a single bit of bacon in it. It is at base a sea-salt with a lot of spices, and it is rather addictive. What am I saying? It’s terribly addictive.
The Good Fork – Mediterranean food delivered to your door
The boxes will often contain items appropriate to the season but as Webb puts it, ‘will never be prescriptive’. What separates Good Fork from any other business is that Webb’s range is authentic and of the highest quality, sourced from family businesses and artisans across the Mediterranean.
Salt Cod Salad Recipe
Ever wanted to cook with the salted cod you’ve seen hanging around in markets and delis? Well, here’s your chance to try it out with a lovely recipe by Jose Pizarro, from his book, Seasonal Spanish Food.
A Sweet Life in the Cévennes
L’oignon doux de Cévennes, is prized for its tender texture, honeyed taste and fine, pearly white, almost iridescent papery skin.Jane Egginton peels back the layers on this unique and ancient alium
Paxton & Whitfield’s Cheese of the Month for February is Coeur de Neufchâtel
In anticipation for the romantic month of February, the cheese experts at Paxton & Whitfield have selected the delicious heart-shaped Coeur de Neufchâtel (£5.50/200g) for cheese lovers to enjoy.
Basmati- Fragrance, Flavour & Finery
Visiting India to attend a conference and book launch promoting Basmati rice, Zoe Perrett brings a few grains of wisdom back from New Delhi.
Figure Friendly Dishes for Girls on the Move
Author of 8 books and a long term food writer, stylise and food enthusiast, Joyce’s latest offering Skinny Meals in Heels is the lighter but equally sophisticated younger sister to her original book Meals In Heels.
Rainforest Cafe, London
Lashed by storms, hunted by ‘entertainers’ and frightened by a frog, intrepid explorer David finds the Rainforest can’t be endangered enough for his liking. Bring on the bulldozers.