Saffron Strands

School of Artisan Food When did you last taste a really good ice cream?  I mean a real ice-cream with a depth and length of flav...

Yorkshire Curd Tart - Take 1 I'm on a quest to find the perfect Yorkshire Curd Tart recipe.  You know what it's like, you mo...

Towpath Caf é You may think I've been a hermit of late, so few have been my reviews of places to eat.  Maybe I'm too picky...

This time of year it's difficult to know which fruits to buy, such is the choice and abundance.  We are reaching that time with UK gr...

Cherry Frangipane Tart The Kent-grown cherries are tasting fantastic this year, despite the fact weather conditions have been challeng...

After an absence due to lack of staff, Claire Ptak has returned to the Bermondsey Trail with her delicious 'Violet Cakes' on t...

Kaffeine is one of my best independent coffee shop finds in London.  Skilled baristas deliver excellent shots of Square Mile coffee with...

Raspberry Conserve If, like me, you grow your own fruit in the south of England, you may be experiencing a mild bout of panic as all of...

View from the Auberge If we were in any doubt about the purity of the air in the tiny hamlet of Chassignolles we had only to look at t...

It's early but the first of the delicious Kent-grown cherries from Michael Dallaway were at Marylebone Farmers' Market today.  Ex...