Great things come from Mexico and not all require a blue face mask!
Me Love Sushi
Me love Sushi – I don’t generally, though J – my friend and dining pardner for the night, swears by its protein content. So away we tubed to Swiss Cottage on a miserable, rain-blasted evening to a Brutalist restaurant whose sheet glass windows leaked in all that cold.
The Tomato Book – Gail Harland and Sofia Larrinua-Craxton
You certainly can’t complain you don’t know what you’re getting when you buy this book – it does exactly what it says on the cover. The pleasures of choosing, growing and cooking the little red devils is what this book is all about.
Real Food: Health and Happiness
Philip Lowery, Director of the Real Food Festival, talks to Douglas Blyde on time travel, ‘ros boeufs’ and guilty Ginsters pasties…
Fundraising Benefit for the victims of the earthquake in Abruzzo, Italy
Fabulous Events London, a new Event Planning and Management Agency based in the heart of Central London, has teamed up with the non-profit association Italians of London, the largest network of Italians in London, to organize the first fundraising benefit for the victims of the earthquake in Abruzzo, Italy: ‘Italian Style Aperitif’.
The Wednesday Lunch Club at Camino
Wednesday is steak day at Camino and the team has launched a club whereby a perfect cut of beef, be it fillet, rib-eye, sirloin or rump, sourced from one of their key suppliers at Borough market such as Ginger Pig, is cooked just as you like it and served with a big salad and a glass of specially chosen Spanish red such as Ribera del Duero. Priced at £20 and available Wednesday lunch only.
Ice cream
Ok so the sun has put his hat back on the peg for now, but he’ll be back and it will be time for some lovely ice-cream. We’ve scooped some of the best and sacriligously stuck a 99 in them
National doughnut week
It’s time for a treat! National Doughnut Week returns from Saturday 9th – Saturday 16th May and it’s time to buy someone special a delicious, mouth-watering doughnut and, at the same time, raise money for a very worthy cause.
High Timber restaurant
They’re big on wines at High Timber and keen to show off their cellar. I have to say that 48,000 bottles of wine isn’t exactly Disneyworld but it’s still a remarkable sight. The sheer volume of this wine cellar is explained by the fact that Gary and Kathy Jordan who own High Timber, also own a wine estate in South Africa’s winemaking region, Stellenbosch, and have brought their love of food and wine into one cool, slate-floored restaurant with great views across the river and a laid back feel.
New Zealand Lamb – we’re loving it
New Zealand Lamb is reared according to the highest standards, in the lush pasturelands of New Zealand. The combination of plentiful, native grasses, fresh air, and thousands of hours of sunshine all contribute to give New Zealand Lamb a unique character that you and your family will love, in all your favourite recipes.