Zeen – Flavour of India – restaurant review
Zeenat Harnal began work in the hospitality industry in 1980 as a management trainee within the Taj Group of Hotels in India. This is a...
Le Lys du Liban – Aix en Provence – restaurant review
This small restaurant (only 36 covers) is tucked away up a side street and is (if you are lucky) easily missed. I couldn’t say it’s...
Green Chilli Restaurant – Chef Bhuwan Bhatt – review
It’s just a short distance from the heart of Hammersmith. It’s even nearer to Ravenscourt Park Station, so this is a prime spot for a...
Richard and Jo Bertinet – interview
Baking a Difference. This probably was love at first bite! Richard Bertinet had no other idea than to become a baker. His uncle had a...
Afternoon Tea at Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill
Afternoon tea is very much in vogue these days, so why wouldn’t you have a traditional afternoon tea in London, the capital of European tea-drinking?...
Jancis Robinson, Master of Wine – interview
Jancis Robinson is instantly recognisable as the wine expert with the soft voice….and glasses. She became popular when presenting The Wine Programme and later Jancis...
Celia Brooks Brown – A girl for all seasons – interview
Celia Brooks Brown was born in Colorado and seems to have been the typical all-American girl with a job as a Car Hop at Hungry...
Relais & Châteaux The Rosengarten Hotel Restaurant and Spa – Kirchberg, Austria
What do we think of when people mention Austria? I guess it will be a wealth of folksy images ranging from overhanging roofs, wooden balconies,...
Chutneys Indian Vegetarian Restaurant – review
The hidden gem of Euston. Chutneys Indian Vegetarian restaurant first opened its doors in 1987. A little more modest capacity than now with only 40...
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...
Rick Bayless – American chef-restaurateur – interview
…from Oaxaca to the Windy City. Award-winning chef-restaurateur, cookbook author, and television personality Rick Bayless has done more than any other culinary figure to introduce...
Jekka McVicar – interview
Celebrity chef Rick Stein counts her among his “food heroes”, Jamie Oliver wouldn’t trust the design of his herb garden to anyone else. Jekka McVicar...
Flunch for Lunch? – restaurant review
Let’s not be snobbish about this. If you travel in France you might need a quick meal that isn’t too pricey. It’s quite OK to...
Simply Baltic… restaurant review
…but much more! ’Tis a gem (or should I say amber!) of a restaurant, specialising in food from almost all of Eastern Europe. One enters...
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...
Bill Buckley: Our Boy Bill – interview*
I confess to being a great fan of Bill Buckley. He has a style all his own, openly gay and sometimes camp, he has developed...
David Rosengarten – Global Gourmet – interview
David Rosengarten is one of the foremost authorities on food and wine. He is a well-respected cookbook author and has penned, amongst others, the 500-recipe...
Ben’s Kosher Restaurant, New York – review
If you don’t know Ben’s then you ain’t from Noooo York! You can find plenty of glitzy restaurants. There are a host of celebrity chef...