Saffron Strands

Spanish Flavours José Pizarro Most of Jos é Pizarro's recipes use admirably few ingredients.  Recipes can, I think, display a ...

H ô tel de Sully Le Marais, Paris H ô tel de Sully is one of my favourite places in Paris.  In spring, birds make full use of the ivy...

The Christchurch Fish stall This is a very short but important post about the sad loss of two of our young fishermen.  Christchurch ...

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...

New Park Farm Asparagus Usually you can rely on the UK asparagus season starting on 1 May, sometimes a few days early, occasionall...

Rochelle Canteen I've just been told Tim Hayward has a review of Rochelle Canteen out today.  Damn the man's eyes, he writes l...

Cannellini Bean and Escarole Soup Having woken to London's first sunny day in weeks, I considered not publishing this recipe for a...

Dock Kitchen Cookbook Stevie Parle So many influences have informed Stevie Parle’s cooking at his Dock Kitchen restaurant in west Lo...

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...

Risotto of hop shoots If I lived in Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Herefordshire or Worcestershire I'd probably be scouring the ...