Saffron Strands

The Quality Chop House Shop 1 From its new incarnation towards the end of 2012,  The Quality Chop House  (QCH) has had a 'shop...

Van Dough  at Brockley Market For my last blogpost of 2013 it seemed fitting to finish on a market, the lifeblood of London food.  Lon...

Cuts of Beef from my copy of Reader's Digest 'The Cookery Year' I was planning to write a piece on 'food waste'....

I know many of you are interested in news from Maltby Street and Spa Terminus so here's a quick update.  In April I posted about th...

Forage Fine Foods has been on my radar for a few weeks as a font of knowledge about British wild herbs and flowers so it was a nice surp...

Nath The Butcher at Spa Terminus, Bermondsey A version of this article appears in  The Foodie Bugle     (Winner of the Guild of F...

The Butchery Arch 11 Dockley Road Spa Terminus There was an air of excitement, expectation and a little trepidation amongst the Maltb...

Don't forget, the Maltby Street award-winning traders are on the move. Saturday 31 March is the first day of retail trading at ne...

Phase 1 of Maltby Street traders move 31 March 2012 The Observer Food Awards 2011  Maltby Street traders are to start their phased m...

' The Butchery' has arrived in my favourite shopping area of London.  Having bought meat from Nathan Mills at Ginger Pig and Barb...

Good to see national recognition for "Maltby Street" with the  Observer Food Awards   voting this collection of small businesse...

I'm hooked on the sausages Jacob's Ladder are producing now.  Gorgeous meaty pork ones in natural casings are consistently good ...

Jacobs Ladder sells meat from a collective of Sussex farms - principally Montague, Hophurst, Old Plaw Hatch and the biodynamic Perry Court...

Watercress Knowing I was going to be working for 11 days straight up to Christmas Day, I decided a fuss-free joint of beef would be vi...

Barbecoa - the Butchers Located on Watling Street, a stone’s throw from St Paul’s, the new Barbecoa Butchers is an arresting sight.  ...

 Slow Roast Lamb Shoulder - Adapted from  a recipe in "today's special" by Anthony Demetre I’m particularly fond of s...

1 Ropewalk, Bermondsey Railway Arches SE1 For some time trains to and from London Bridge station have rolled above the cheese matur...