The Albannach – Thoroughly British – restaurant review
(This restaurant is now closed) The centre of London throngs with life on a mid-week summer’s day and it’s just as thronging on a Sunday....
Figs – History and Recipe
Ficus carica, known to us as the common fig, probably originated in Asia Minor, and has been highly regarded as a major contributor to the...
Cold Comfort – a Story of Ice Cream
Ice cream was probably invented in China in the first millennium. The first British recipe for ice cream was published in “Mrs. Mary Eales’s Receipts”...
Sweet Hungarian – memories and a recipe
There are more and more opportunities these days to enjoy Eastern European food, and it’s good to have easier access to Hungarian, Polish and Baltic...
Tapas Bar Crawl – Barcelona – food and travel review
We have what Jeni Barnett would call a “nearasdammit” son who is Catalan (note: I do not say Spanish). This has given us the advantage...
Some Asparagus Tips – story and recipe
Asparagus officinalis is a flowering plant species in the genus Asparagus, a member of the lily family, from which the popular vegetable known as asparagus...
Ode to the Chippie! or From Odeon to Chip Shop
It’s a magazine about Food, Places and Faces, OK? Sometimes all of those things will come together and today is one of those days when...
Garlic – A Stinking Rose by any other name…! Story and recipe
Allium sativum, garlic or the Stinking Rose are all names for that little bulb that stirs such passions. Either you love it or you hate...
Chocolate-filled Easter – story and recipe
The industry has been in a state of evolution since the first chocolate house was opened in London in 1657. No, I don’t mean a...
Golden Gate Cake Shop, Chinatown – review
Chinese food – but not as we know it! What picture do we conjure up when we think of a Sunday morning in Chinatown in...