It was a perfect excuse for a bit of mother-and-daughter bonding. I had met Silvana de Soissons, a charismatic Italian foodie chef a few weeks ago at Thyme at Southrop,…[Read more]
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Italian Spring Cooking with Silvana de Soissons at the Vegetarian Cookery School, Bath
Posted in Blog, Featured, Hospitality, Reviews, Working with food Tagged Bath, Demuths, Ethicurean, Foodle Bugle, Guild of Food Writers, Rachel Demuth, Thyme at Southrop Leave a comment
Morito
There are many plus points about living a short walk from Exmouth Market, and the proximity of Morito is surely one of them. The husband and wife team Sam and…[Read more]
Posted in Blog, Favourite restaurants, Featured, Recipes, Reviews, Small plates Tagged Exmouth Market, Moro, Sam and Sam Clarke Leave a comment
The Espresso Room
It is clear that the “Friends” style of drinking large mugs of tasteless milky coffee drinks in spacious lounges is passé. For one thing, the business model does not stack…[Read more]
Beauty in the Making
This subject is a bit off piste for this blog, but there is a connection as I will explain later. Yesterday, I was searching for Ben Townsend to take a…[Read more]
Posted in Blog, Coffee, Decor, Environment, Exhibitions, Favourite cafes, Featured, Reviews Tagged Ben Townsend The Espresso Room, Bompass & Parr, GF Smith, Gordon Ramsay, Victoria House Leave a comment
Brunswick House Cafe
The idea of eating surrounded by antiques is not new. In the eighties an eccentric couple ran a restaurant called the Gasworks in Fulham. The food was dubious (lots of…[Read more]
Posted in Blog, Decor, Favourite restaurants, Featured, Music Tagged Arabella Boxer, Jackson Boxer, LASSCO, Les Trois Garcons, Sippsmith gin, The Gasworks Leave a comment
Coutume Cafe – Paris
In London the influence of Melbourne on the café scene has been strong and prolific for a good five years now. There are enough independent coffee bars with serious guys…[Read more]
Posted in Blog, Coffee, Decor, Favourite cafes, Featured, Paris, Reviews, Tea Tagged Antoine Netien, Caravan on Exmouth, Gontran Cherrier, Marzocco, Melbourne, Patisserie des Reves, Rishi teas, Thomas Clark Leave a comment
Foodie Bugle at Thyme at Southrop
This title may seem a mouthful and baffling to some, but to those of us who were there last Friday it makes more than sense. The Foodie Bugle is an…[Read more]
Posted in Blog, Featured, Reviews, Working with food Tagged Brindisa, Caryn Hibbert, Chantal Coady, Daryll Taylor, Fabulous Baker Brothers, Marjorie Lang, Martin Yarnit, MasterChef, Monika Linton, Rachel Demuth, Rococo Chocolates, Silvana de Soissons, Starch Green, Thane Prince, Tom Herbert, Trevor Herbert Leave a comment
Dafna’s Cheesecake Factory
You can find cupcakes with complex flavour combinations in abundance at farmers’ markets, and as elaborate showpieces in shop windows in sophisticated cafés, with prices to match, but what about…[Read more]
Posted in Bakeries and patisseries, Blog, Featured, Food and Fashion, Reviews, Working with food Tagged Anne Lev, epicerie, fromagerie, patisserie Leave a comment
Zucca (and Gilbert and George)
It is well nigh impossible to get a table at Zucca on a Saturday night without booking many weeks in advance. But the latest branch of Jay Jopling’s White Cube…[Read more]
Nanashi, Paris
Nanashi is so achingly hip, it’s almost painful. But all good for the owner, Lionel Bensemoun, also of Le Baron and La Fidelité, who must be relishing the success of…[Read more]
Posted in Blog, Decor, Featured, Food and Fashion, Paris, Reviews, Tap water Tagged Alan Yau, Clarisse Demory, Confetti System, Kaori Endo, La Fidelité, Le Baron, Lionel Bensemoun, Wagamama Leave a comment