Enjoy some summer sparkle with Cava

The Institut del Cava, the Spanish association for Cava producers, has teamed up with twenty Gastropubs across London to offer drinkers and diners the opportunity to purchase two glasses of Cava for the price of one.

Flavour. A world of Beautiful Food

With her first book, Cooking Like Mummyji, Vicky Bhogal used her experience of growing up an Anglo-Asian to bring real Punjabi cooking back home. Here were authentic recipes that were, to non Asians, a bit of an eye-opener. Then came a Year of Cooking like Mummyji which went further by cooking with the seasons in a variety of Asian styles. Now with this book, Vicky has embraced pretty much the whole world as the title suggests.

Camino- a taste of Spain in Kings Cross

We were invited to Camino to sample the new range of wines that owner Richard Bigg is introducing, in association with his supplier Ben Henshaw, from Indigo Wine, who specialises in the supply of Spanish wines. This cavernous tapas bar/restaurant with its exposed Victorian brickwork giving it a kind of rustic feel, is set in the courtyard of The Regent Quarter, a stone’s throw from King’s Cross Station, in Pentonville Road.

Time to go to wok

‘Nick! Trousers!” Yes indeed my keks are once more collapsed around my ankles as Ian Pengelley, Head Chef of Gilgamesh, has spotted. Fortunately they are chef’s checked trousers worn over my normal ones so this Grandpa Simpson moment is not too embarrassing for the ladies from Good Housekeeping and the BBC who are also on this cookery course.

Celebrate English Wine Week at Kettner’s

English Wine Week runs this year from May 23-31. In celebration, Kettner’s in Soho is offering a special selection of English wines for the week both by the bottle and the glass, giving guests an opportunity to discover why English vintners have got the more established producers in France quaking in their boots.