The Crowne Plaza London -The City, has announced the completion of its brand new Lobby Café. Replacing a lounge area, the lobby has undergone a complete facelift to provide a handy cafe for the local community with a menu playing strongly on its close proximity to Smithfield Market, offering a fine selection of traditional meat dishes
Great deals and how to create the perfect risotto with Strada
Strada are holding a Risotto Festival in its restaurants throughout September to celebrate the classic Italian dish. Four new risotto dishes will be available on the menu, inspired by the Northern Italian regions of Piedmont, Milan, Lombardy and Venice where risotto has its roots. Plus we have a recipe for the perfect risotto.
No Love Lost – Damien Hirst at the Wallace Restaurant
To celebrate the opening of Damien Hirst’s new collection ‘No Love Lost: New Paintings by Damien Hirst’, the Wallace Restaurant at The Wallace Collection in Marylebone has created an exclusive private view and dinner package.
Bill Grainger -bill’s sydney food
A great book with so many brilliant recipes it makes your head spin. Bill is an inspiration but he’s also a mate. Someone to turn to when food gets boring and you need an injection of excitement, flavour and Aussie sunshine style.Bill’s food is unpretentious; it’s not food drawn from a Michelin starred kitchen, it’s food you can easily cook yourself if you simply plug in to Bill’s passion for freshness and flavour above everything else.
Red Onion Tart
September brings with it an array of gorgeous seasonal produce such as blackberries and apples. It’s also the perfect time of year to enjoy onions, as this delicious vegetable is at its freshest and best tasting. Olive oil specialist Filippo Berio has produced the following mouth-watering recipe which incorporates onions and is ideal as either a snack, starter or as part of a main.
Encore for the Rooftop’s picnics and plays
The Deck’s Rooftop Picnics and Plays at the National Theatre proved so popular this August that a September date has been released to say
sayonara to the summer.
Try a little Rape this weekend
At around £7.99 for a 750ml bottle Hillfarm Virgin Rapeseed Oil is reasonably priced against the better olive oils and is more versatile. And while I am still not happy at the yellowfication of our once green and pleasant land, I can at least say this particular Rape product makes some of it well worthwhile.
Cinnamon Kitchen announce their cocktail and cookery masterclasses
This autumn sees the City’s Indian restaurant, Cinnamon Kitchen, and adjacent cocktail lounge bar, Anise, reveal their spice-infused secrets in creating some exciting culinary creations. Hosting a series of cocktail and cookery masterclasses,
Time for Tagine with Emile Henry
As a simple, effective way of feeding up to eight people, the classy Emile Henry Tagine is the tops. Like a good casserole or stew there’s pretty much nothing that can go wrong with a tagine cooking session, but it scores high marks for real wow factor and ia magical way with tenderising meat. With it we brought some North African sunshine to a somewhat overcast South London last weekend.
Cheesy inspiration from the next generation
Due to go on sale in Tesco stores from September, Norseland’s blended Wensleydale with Sour Cherry & Plum sounds an odd combination of flavours, but having tasted it, the crumbliness of the Wensleydale and its mild flavour does work with the fruits, and makes for a nice mouthful.