Saffron Strands

Donostia, London W1 Cod Cheeks Pil-Pil The backlash against 'gourmet fast-food' restaurants in London has started. Having neve...

Candied Cedro I'm ending this year on a preserving note.  Though everyone has their sleeves rolled up and heads filled with Chri...

Marylebone London Farmers Market is my favourite farmers market and one fairly new pitch has been grabbing my attention.  This week a bag...

Ulcigrai Family Pannetone OK, so this is actually a list of what I would like for Christmas, but it might give you ideas if you ha...

'Chop of the Day' at The Quality Chop House Built in 1870 this London 'chophouse' has been dishing up unpretentious fo...

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...

It's 5 December so time for me to acknowledge we are racing towards the year's end.  Here is my pick of the food books I'...

A few days ago I attended a Birkbeck Food Group event with one of my food heroes, Claudia Roden.   It took Claudia 5 years to research ...

The East End Trades Guild Inaugural Meeting I love my life in London, for so many reasons, but every now and then stories from the li...

Christmas Pudding OK, we've passed mid-November which means even I have to start thinking about Christmas now. Well, at least w...