42°Raw -in their own words “What is More Fun than saying detoxifying antioxidants? Eating them!” As you may have noticed from my reviews and recipes I am something of a carnivore. So, a visit to 42°Raw for lunch was not top of my personal wish list. It sounded a bit too alternative for me, and I have no intention of following a raw food...
Virgin to Veteran – how to get cooking with confidence: What do you do if you reach the grand old age of 21, have five cookery books to your name but still haven’t finished university? Well, write another cookery book of course. In Sam Stern’s case Virgin to Veteran- how to get cooking with...
Carom, an Indian Haven in Soho: From Wardour Street, Carom is a striking and attractive venue, with bright fabric hangings across the ceiling, soft sofas and a large chandelier. Inside, on a wet spring day, it looks a little worn around the edges, but this is really a night time venue and it does...
West London is going to change immeasurably in the next year or so. Once the Olympic Games are over, the plan is to demolish Earls Court and build new housing on the site. For now though, exhibitions like the London Pet Show are on my doorstep, so, I have no excuse if I’ve got...
The Best of British Blogger Challenge Some of you may remember that I was appointed Social Media Ambassador for New World Appliances last year. I’ve been adding content to their blog and finding out more about the organisation, which is part of Glen Dimplex Home Appliances (alongside Stoves, Belling and LEC). New World...
Jubilation Turkey – It’s not just for Christmas! I don’t know whether the inspiration for this recipe is simply the fact that everyone has started talking about the Queen’s Jubilee. I wanted to develop a turkey recipe that was easy, that could be made with pretty much any turkey meat (other than mince) and...
Smoked Salmon Kedgeree with Quails Eggs: I don’t do eggs. Well, actually I do, in omelettes and soufflés, in all sorts of egg based sauces and in mayo for starters. But I don’t generally like chicken eggs that look like eggs. It’s irrational and I don’t think it has anything to do with the...
Chocolate, almonds and a taste of Tuscany: One of my favourite occupations on my recent trip to Tuscany was nibbling on home made cantuccini with a glass of vin santo after a meal. The little biscuits which we sometimes mistakenly call biscotti over here, were packed with almonds and pleasantly crunchy. In Florence,...
Spuntino Soho – Searching for my ‘Street-cool’ badge: Well, OK, so, this was another of my ‘two lunches in one day’ events. We arrived at around 2.30pm to relative tranquillity and no queues. And, we sat at the bar, with the little trough that holds water glasses and condiments and ordered the predictable but...
Assaggetti – Informal Italian Dining in the Heart of London: I’ve been to Assaggetti before, for a media event where the large lower ground floor dining room was the venue for drinks and canapés. On that particular occasion I was going on to another event and didn’t really get much of a chance to...
I’m kind of pleased. My blog is a bit of a hybrid and a misfit in my eyes. I know where I want it to go, but I’m really not there yet and I suspect I never will be. I was nominated by Kate at Turquoise Lemons so thank you to her for thinking...
