All the staff we met had a smile and a friendly air about them and it didn’t seem forced. They were quick to refresh our crockery in the face of my messy eating and swift to top up the tea. And that’s about all I want. I certainly don’t want the American ‘Hi my name is Greg and I’ll just perch my resting actor’s buttocks on the table next to you and simper’ style of serving.
Stilton at the Hilton
The Waldorf Hilton has partnered up with the Stilton Cheese Makers’ Association to create a special menu featuring the classic English cheese.
Sherlock’s Grill at Park Plaza Sherlock Holmes
Does Sherlock Bar and Grill overcook its food as much as Cumberpatch overdoes his acting? Marcus Sedghi finds that in fact the food at Sherlock’s is well balanced, restrained and easy to get down.
The Arts Club
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.