Hamilton’s Bar and Kitchen, Edinburgh

Hamilton’s culinary philosophy is driven by a desire to please using organic, fair trade and local suppliers and their promise of offering ‘good, honest dishes made with quality ingredients where the person cooking them loves food and doesn’t take themselves too seriously” is being delivered in spades.

Fox’s launch Mini Melts

These delicious new biscuits, one bite versions of the grown-up Fox’s Melts, are ideal for sharing. Apparently, says Joanna Biddolph after eating the whole pack herself.

Keda Black’s The Illustrated Student Cookbook

There’s nothing worse than coming home to see that your flatmate has been cooking. And that he has dirtied every single piece of kitchen equipment you own in the process. You wonder why he even tried in the first place — you’ve never seen the kid do anything beyond nuking some leftover curry before, so why now? Maybe it’s because he has got himself a copy of Keda Black’s The Illustrated Student Cookbook. Inside are 35 recipes which require limited cooking equipment — a toaster, oven, microwave, and hotplate, and a Survival Kit of essential kitchen tools.

Mediterranean Seared Tuna Steaks: bottlegreen’s August recipe

Look ahead to the Bank Holiday and start planning a wonderful weekend with your family and friends. Whether sunshine or showers these delicious tuna steaks can be sizzled on the barbecue or you can take shelter inside and cook them on the grill. Marinate fresh tuna steaks in bottlegreen’s aromatic lime cordial and olive oil before speedily cooking on either side. Serve with a spicy salsa of crunchy cucumber and red onion combined with fiery red chillis, coriander and zesty lime cordial to add some zing to this Mediterranean inspired summer lunch.

Monday, August 8 Wine Dinner The 1 Lombard Street Cellar Greats

1 Lombard Street the restaurant and brasserie in the City of London opposite the Bank of England has recently launched a Wine Society. The Society offers the opportunity to taste and learn about some of the world’s greatest wines, and to meet many of the people who produce them.
The next wine dinner on August 8 when sommelier Matthew Mawtus will present some of his favourite vintages from the 1 Lombard Street cellar.

The point of Cantina del Ponte

‘What’s the point of sitting inside at a restaurant whose USP is the view of Tower Bridge?” I whisper, menacingly, to a quivering S at Cantina del Ponte. S, who arrived at the Italian restaurant ten minutes before me, has happily plonked herself inside on a summer’s night when I wanted to sit on its lavender and olive-planted terrace.

ProCook Scales

We give ProCook glass digital scales a trial in a small, urban kitchen to discover that dishes with proper cooking measurements are hard to fault.