Luke Honey, proprietor of The Greasy Spoon Blog, takes a grand tour to Venice, and one of the world's most famous bars... I'm not sure how many "Harry's Bars" there are in the world. Quite a few, I expect. There's that famous pub in Paris, there's the late Mark Birley's smart ... Read More...
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Anyone who thinks Heathrow is a mess should fly to Paris. Pandemonium rules at both Orly and Charles de Gaulle airports. There are queues as far as the eye can see for luggage, taxis, buses and information. Ask someone if they can help you with directions and you’re met by ... Read More...
No, I haven’t been on an extended summer break. My father suddenly became unwell and died after just a few weeks, on the day before the Olympics opening ceremony. I’ve not felt up to writing posts, but on this beautifully sunny weekend, I’m feeling a little more like my old ... Read More...
Photograph: Local_man I like Hertfordshire. If you don't know England, this is an understated county of meagre size, found to the north of the London suburbs. Here the urban sprawl gives way to a rolling landscape: golden wheatfields, red-brick shuttered cottage ornées, church spires and tarred clapboard barns. Very Biedermeier. It ... Read More...
Luke Honey writes about food, drink and the finer things in life over at his blog The Greasy Spoon. Today we find our intrepid reporter in deepest Kent in search of the perfect seafood restaurant... We've just discovered a little gem of a fish restaurant; a tiny place in Herne Bay. ... Read More...
Today we're pleased to welcome Luke Honey to the Dabbler. You can find Luke writing about food, drink and the finer things in life over at his blog The Greasy Spoon. We start by revisiting a west london institution redolent of the swinging sixties... Hands up who remembers The Gasworks? Twenty ... Read More...
Do innards, entrails and other wobbly bits still have a place in the kitchen? Jassy Davis thinks so and starts our series of offal recipes with a dish of baked livers and mash... Offal isn’t everybody’s bucket of entrails. Some people’s eyes light up at the prospect of piling their plate ... Read More...
Next year (yes, we thought we’d get in first) will be the centenary of the birth of food writer Elizabeth David who, Toby Ash believes, still has more to offer the modern domestic kitchen than all of today’s celebrity chefs put together. I just can’t imagine Elizabeth David stealing from Tesco. ... Read More...
Brit visits a new 'craft beer bar' slap-bang in the middle of Bristol's Studentsville, and wonders if, despite everything, the world has become a better, more civilised place... You may not credit it, but I have not always been the suave, immaculately-attired, dashingly handsome Brit familiar to millions of Dabbler readers. Once I was ... Read More...
Need to cook for pesky vegetarians this Christmas? Here Monix provides a delicious Christmas pie, which will also satisfy the carnivores... Like many modern families, mine contains a number of vegetarians, and veggie food usually takes a little more thought and preparation than meat or fish dishes. But it can be worth the ... Read More...
