Jonathan Meades - once described by Marco Pierre-White as 'the best amateur chef in the world' - is currently raising funds on Unbound for a new cookbook – or perhaps an anti-cookbook. Called The Plagiarist in the Kitchen, it will contain 125 recipes and also be a paean to the importance of avoiding ... Read More...
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Jonathan Meades - once described by Marco Pierre-White as 'the best amateur chef in the world' - is currently raising funds on Unbound for a new cookbook – or perhaps an anti-cookbook. Called The Plagiarist in the Kitchen, it will contain 125 recipes and also be a paean to the importance of avoiding ... Read More...
Misti Traya enjoys a conversation with the doyenne of food writers... Clarissa Dickson Wright once likened taking a call from Elizabeth David to “answering the phone to God.” Prue Leith, who won David’s kitchen table at auction, also compared her to the celestial. “I used to take her en primeur vegetables. ... Read More...
Misti Traya, American expat living in London, falls in love with Paddington and decides to have a go at making marmalade... Just before Christmas, I took my three year-old to the cinema for the first time. We saw Paddington and were equally charmed. It was funny and darling and the calypso band that played throughout ... Read More...
Henry explains how he made a (very) small fortune speculating on wine... Back in 2010 I decided to squander/ invest the last of my redundancy money on some En Primeur Bordeaux. I know that makes me sound like a former Goldman Sachs employee splashing out on a case of Le Pin ... Read More...
Luke Honey from the Greasy Spoon blog offers a re-appraisal of a quintessentially British condiment, and asks "powder or jar?" A little confession to you before I write this post: I'm already a fan of Colman's Mustard. Actually, I'm a massive, gi-normous, slavering obsessive. But then I'm also a paid-up supporter of the ... Read More...
A tasty, trashy treat for you today as American expat Misti Traya goes back to her country roots to show us how to make a lemon ice box pie. Misti's post recently won the 2014 Young British Foodies award for food writing... It’s no secret some of my family can be ... Read More...
It's the trendy white wine of the moment - but how good is Picpoul de Pinet, asks Henry... If you’re anything like me, you'll be desperate to know what the big names of the British wine world, yer McQuittys, yer Becketts, yer Moores, have been drinking this summer. To a woman this year, they have ... Read More...
Ian Buxton, occasional drinks correspondent for The Dabbler and author of the superb 101 Whiskies to Try Before You Die, has another new book out, this time featuring the rarest and weirdest whiskies in the world. 101 Legendary Whiskies You're Dying to Try But (Possibly) Never Will is available ... Read More...
Henry accidentally invents a new drink.. One of the drawbacks of having a wife who doesn’t drink very much is that it often means I drink more. Brought up by thrifty parents and taught at school to always finish what was on my plate, I hate to see things go to ... Read More...