It all started with a sparkling champagne reception, the noise of excited chatter escalating in volume as the scope of the evening hit home. It was the 2012 Action Against Hunger’s Too Many Critics event – and our critic Joanna Biddolph is still waiting for the exclusve blend of coffee that the critics-turned-chefs never delivered to her table …
The Zythos Belgian Beer Festival 28-29 April
At the end of this month, the medieval university city of Leuven just outside Brussels […]
First taste of Greg Malouf at Petersham Nursery
It was always fun to visit Petersham Nurseries when Skye Gyngell was in charge of […]
Gran Padano Recipes by Giancarlo Caldesi
Three lipsmacking recipes from Giancarlo Caldesi: Carbonara with Prosciutto di San Daniele and Grana Padano Cheese, Radicchio and red wine risotto with Grana Padano Cheese and crispy Prosciutto di San Daniele and Baked penne with Prosciutto di San Daniele and Grana Padano Cheese. You may notice a theme here.
Giancarlo Caldesi presents recipes for PDO products Grana Padano cheese and Prosciutto di San Daniele at his La Cucina Caldesi Cookery School
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.
Indian Dining Warlingham
‘We are in zone six, here’, explains the gentle owner, smiling as red London buses drive past the village green. Clearly driven, Asad Khan has lovingly created a sophisticated Indian restaurant that caters to the well-heeled locals as well as those who make the short journey from central London by train.
Springing Ping Pong
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.
De La Panza
Southgate Road, N1 3JS delapanza.co.uk It was with a degree of trepidation that I stepped […]
7 chefs,12 Michelin Stars, 8 Courses. Welcome to Sofitel Dubai Food, Stars & Art
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.
Veggie burgers every which way- Lukas Volger
Between the toasted halves of this book you’ll find recipes, packed with flavour and light on the stomach. Sweetcorn ‘burgers’ with sun dried tomatoes and goat’s cheese, Chipotle Chilli black bean ‘burgers’, red lentil and celeriac ‘burgers’, Sweet potato ‘burgers’ with lentils and kale and of course falafel ‘burgers’.