Homemade booze is all the rage and easy to make. Forget pea pod wine of The Good Life fame and instead put your trust in wine and all round drinks expert, Susy Atkins.
Blackfriars, Newcastle
Annie Lund visits the self-proclaimed oldest dining room in the UK, to find a confusing but enjoyable dining experience.
Codorniu and Catalan Cooking
Bea’s of Bloomsbury is on the main drag, rocked by the passing buses on route to Hoxton and points East. Inside it’s two-thirds kitchen and one third cake shop. Tonight the shutters are down and the kitchen is the focus for Rachel McCormack’s Catalan cuisine cook up with sponsors Cordorniu Cava.
Busaba Eathai to open in Covent Garden
Busaba Eathai, the modern Thai restaurant, is expanding – bringing the taste of Thailand to Covent Garden, with its eighth addition opening on Thursday 30 June, in Floral Street.
Pontoon – yacht for hire
Pontoon, a 1975 classic Camper Nicholson motor yacht, has recently launched as a private venue in London.
Bubble Food launches molecular menu
Bubble Food, the South London events caterer, has recently launched its molecular gastronomy menu.
Summer puddings workshop at Leiths
The unpredictable weather hasn’t stopped Leiths from putting on a summer puddings workshop, and for a sweet tooth like Qin Xie’s, the offer to attend was never going to be met with much resistance. So there she was on a surprisingly sunny Saturday morning, a large collection of Tupperware in tow, arriving to attend the workshop led by Maxine Clark.
Sam’s Chop House
There’s something about Sam’s that’s immediately reassuring. Nobody has thought to disguise it as a gallery-come-boudoir and there are no students loitering at an open-mike like opportunistic flashers. The Express Lunch Menu turns out to be a short and sweet celebration of classic British food.
Villa Franciacorta wines at Degò
We started the evening by tasting four of the Villa Franciacorta sparkling wines in the bar. Having tasted these four lovely wines we descended the stairs to the restaurant area. These were some excellent wines supporting the great food that I had come to expect from Degò following my review.
Divine is the official chocolate bar at Glastonbury 2011
Whether you can trudge through the sludge down at Worthy Farm, or if you are at home and dry, you can indulge in a Divine fantasy, as Joanna Biddolph explains.