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Sticky Bun at Fortitude Bakehouse The aroma of melting cheese and warm Bara Brith is wafting from the open door of Fortitude Bakehouse...

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...

LeCoq Roast chicken & Caponata After far too many lean years London has seen a spate of quality chicken restaurants opening in the...

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...

LBP Almond Croissants at Monmouth Coffee A 4am alarm call is not my idea of a great way to start the day but the promise of croissa...

Monmouth pop-up at Spa For those of you who have been disappointed to find you can no longer get your Saturday morning coffee at Mon...

Little Bread Pedlar Eccles Cake Today at Spa Terminus The Little Bread Pedlar was selling Eccles Cakes.  I got there when they had j...

Taylor St Baristas at Brooks Mews Mayfair has long been a bit of a desert for good coffee.  So often, it seems to me, the pricier th...

Barcelona old town I've grown to love Barcelona at this time of year, even if the weather is less than reliable.  It's possi...

Parma Rose ham pastry from the Little Bread Pedlar Regulars at Monmouth Coffee in Covent Garden, Borough and Maltby Street wil...

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...

Pitt Cue Co Meat lovers have been raving about Pitt Cue, formerly trading from a van under Hungerford Bridge and now in its new Soho h...

Fitzbillies Chelsea Bun Fitzbillies cake shop opened in Cambridge in 1922 and became a Cambridge institution.  Having catered to town...