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A hollow centre,
filled with food
Clare Latimer is left wanting more from her Christmas shopping experience, but finds a culinary gem among the world cuisine
LAST week I braved going to see the new Westfield shopping centre. ... > more |
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Asian
Cuisine
Katana, London WC2
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Modern
European
The Rock Garden, London, WC2
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Modern European
Fire & Stone, London, WC2
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Modern
British
Bank Aldwych, London, WC2
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The cheap and cheerful way to a healthier diet
Feel like your waistline is bulging while your bank balance shrinks?
Clare Latimer sets out how to tackle these maladies of the moment
With all the money problems at the moment and the fact that a whole lot of ... > more |
Treats in memory of my ‘Cornish mum’ - Tragically, my “Cornish mum” Patricia Munro died suddenly last week and, as she was the one who started me on the... >more
Get back to a comfort zone I am sure you are aware that I lean heavily towards traditional recipes for everyday fare in this column, as opposed to trendy ...>more
Tails of the unexpected? THERE seem to be many articles about cooking squirrel – and I can’t be left out! There certainly are far too many squirrels around...>more
Halloween recipes - HALLOWEEN weekend and long dark evenings. The winter is now truly upon us. Nature is curling back into its self for a few months and that...>more
Supper date in historic style - The best kept secret is now out. Many of you will have heard of Burgh House, the stunning Queen Anne house in New End ...>more
Ace in the Hole for British Food Fortnight - WE are right in the middle of British Food Fortnight so I felt that I should write about truly home-grown produce.>more
The veal truth about the lives of our calves - I KNOW that a great many of you hate me writing about veal but some new facts have just come up and they need to be aired.>more
Summer rain clouds bring a berry nice bonus - I HAVE just got back from a few weeks in Cornwall and in the last few days I have noticed that the hedges are glistening... > more
Make haste while the sun shines – have a picnic! - I AM amazed by how many people pour onto Primrose Hill on a fine day and how well... > more
Thought the fad had fizzled out? Red Lambrusco is back! - LAST week’s launch by Marks & Spencer of Autentico, a sparkling red Lambrusco from Italy... > more
Prosecco - high-class fizz from Italy’s hills - THE calendar reads summer.
But the dark clouds and continuous rain, often accompanied... > more
On the road with fine food to boot - IF you go on holiday soon in this country and need a meal the moment you arrive, then here is the perfect answer. > more
Scoop the cream of Cornwall a lot closer to home - ABOUT 30 years ago Rachel Roskilly asked my parents and me to taste some ice cream she had made in... > more
Riot of colour at counter-culture scene - CAMDEN Market is a world-class tourist attraction and London’s premier spot for music and gigs. It is also... > more
Quality coffee takes more than an instant - MAKING coffee is a simple task: take a cone-shaped object with perforations in the lower part... > more
Sweet smell of success - VIN Doux Natural (VDN), naturally sweet wine, is not well known in the UK. Mainly produced in the Languedoc and Roussillon... > more
The wobbly way to a healthy summer starter - I HEARD a discussion on the Today programme about architects building jellies. They were talking about... > more
Gourmet delights in a handy bag? Look no further than this - SUPPORTING small-scale local farming is considered a noble objective and is something many of... > more
New departure for station concourse - SOMETHING strange has happened to St Pancras International. It’s not only the new gateway to Paris, it’s also a... > more
Dig for victory in the kitchen - I WAS lucky enough to go to the Chelsea Flower Show this year and the one display that stood out for me was the vegetable garden. > more
Good things come in small parcels - I WAS asked to attend a cookery lesson at La Cucina Caldesi cookery school in Marylebone Lane this week, so with curiosity... > more
Fishy tales from around the world - JAY Rayner has an enviable job. The restaurant critic, whose words on food entertain readers of the... > more
Cornish delight - sun, sea and superb food - WITH your eyes shut, imagine staying in a tiny cottage tucked into a corner of a harbour village in the depths of Cornwall... > more
A little of what you fancy does you good - I WAS shocked to read that the Camden Sustainability Task Force is considering a recommendation to reduce the... > more
Blazing a trail with the produce of Poland - POLISH food is good” proclaims a sign above the door of the Red Pig deli. It is a simple claim, but one which might have...>more
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig... PIG farmers are having a terrible time at the moment because of the price rise in animal feed. In the near future the price...>more
Corks pop as the spring collections get a tasting - SPRING is in the air and there are wine tastings everywhere. Morrisons, the supermarket chain with stores in... > more
Waste not, want not and buck the throwaway trend - WITH prices of food going up due to fuel increases and the price of wheat going through the roof, I think we... > more
Indulge in a little culinary pod casting - I WAS in the fruit and veg shop in Primrose Hill the other day and was shown a box of fresh tamarind. Phil gave me a pod to... > more
Portuguese wine is coming of age - AT Lord’s, the home of Middlesex Cricket Club, 100 Portuguese wine producers and importers gathered for Wines of Portugal... > more
Getting back to idealist foundations - IT'S all at the Co-op trumpeted an old TV advert – a sentiment that was clearly shared by the enthusiastic young woman... > more
Fruity talk to get you in the pink - LAVENDER, my little grey chicken, was very poorly last week so I went to Sesame, the ever-popular health shop in Regent’s Park... > more
Taking stock of organic flavouring - ENLIGHTENED shoppers will know the name Marigold. Three million tubs of their bouillon powder were sold last year. > more
Cheat and prosper is Delia's myth - I HAVE now seen three of Delia’s cooking programmes (BBC2 Mondays) and they really got my blood boiling. All the... > more
Ingredients from the Tube - Two years ago youthful chef Oliver Rowe created a stir when he opened gastro pub Konstam at the Prince Albert. He vowed to source... > more
Get a little taste of the good life- I went to Freightliners Farm in Sheringham Road the other day to buy some corn for my chickens and to my surprise I discovered... > more
Being small is not always beautiful- PETER Marks has been baking bread and cakes at the Alexis Bakery (272 West End Lane, NW6), since the 1980s. He took over... > more
Why Delia is cheating her readers- AFTER four years in retirement, Delia Smith has returned. Her book, How to Cheat at Cooking (Ebury Press £20), claims to... > more
Sugar and spice and a flavour of paradise - BEQUIA is a little island jewel located one hour’s flight west of Barbados. It’s a perfect “rescue remedy” in the winter... > more |
