Clive Dixon at The White Oak in Cookham – restaurant review
Cookham is an iconic and quintessentially English village near enough to London to be accessible even for lunch or dinner but far enough away to...
Chef Chris Wheeler – Stoke Park – interview
Only 35 minutes from the capital and 7 miles from London Heathrow airport, Stoke Park offers everything you might want from a sport and leisure...
Cinnamon Soho – restaurant review
Got a familiar ring about it? London has been called many things in its long and sometimes illustrious history. Londinium given by the Romans, and...
André Chiang – Interview
He is handsome and tall with casual-chic attire, and has a winning smile, but when he talks about food his visage changes to reflect a...
A Passion for Cheese by Paul Gayler – review
A Passion for Cheese is another classy book by Paul Gayler. The visual delight is supplied by, once again, Gus Filgate and his camera. The...
Bread Street Kitchen from Gordon Ramsay – restaurant review
Bread Street is a ward of the City of London in the neighbourhood of Cheapside, and its name is taken from its main thoroughfare, which...
Cook – A year in the kitchen with Britain’s best chefs – cookbook review
Well, perhaps that’s a bit of an overstatement! Perhaps the phrase might more aptly be “A year in the kitchen with some of Britain’s best...
Complete Indian Cooking by Mridula Baljekar – review
No complaints from this cookbook reviewer. This is just the kind of book that I seek out and enjoy. Practical, that’s the word. Colourful and...
On the Menu by James Mackenzie – review
If you are regular reader, as I am sure you are, then you will know that my book reviews usually start with a review of,...
The Family Meal by Ferran Adria – review
Sounds like another cookbook describing methods of encouraging your kids to eat sprouts. Well, no, not this time. The Family Meal has its focus on...
One More Slice by Leila Lindholm – review
I confess that I had not heard of author of One More Slice, Leila Lindholm. She is a celebrated TV chef and author …but in...
My Indian Kitchen by Hari Nayak – review
Even the title holds out great hope for the oft-confused home cook – My Indian Kitchen. We are looking for books written with us in...
Reza’s Indian Spice – restaurant review
There are a few chefs in Britain who are icons of the industry and recognised by just their first name. There is the forceful “Gordon”,...
The Yellow Chilli Cookbook by Sanjeev Kapoor – review
It’s a cookbook by the celebrated Indian TV chef Sanjeev Kapoor, so it’s bound to be full of delicious innovation and temptation. But my dear...
Bryn’s Kitchen by Bryn Williams and Kay Plunkett-Hogge – review
It’s only just past the start of the year but I’ll state that Bryn’s Kitchen is one of the best cookbooks to pass through my...
MasterChef at Home – cookbook review
Yes, it’s true. I hate to admit it. I know I am alone with this one. I am not keen on MasterChef. There, I have...
Café Spice Namasté: Cookbook by Cyrus Todiwala – review
There is an Indian restaurant just a stone’s throw from Tower Bridge. A red brick building, imposing steps to self-important doors, stained glass, high ceilings...
Japanese Home Cooking with Master Chef Murata – review
You probably won’t recognise the name of the chef unless you are reading this in Japan. It’s no surprise, but our ignorance has everything to...
Cinnamon Kitchen – The Cookbook by Vivek Singh – review
Cinnamon Kitchen is another of the restaurants in chef Vivek Singh’s empire. Cinnamon Club in Westminster has long been the classy and dark-polished-wood Indian restaurant...
Yes Chef! by James Winter and James Bulmer – review
How often have I recommended a cookbook because it is not too cheffy, has no complicated techniques, no special equipment, etc? I have encouraged my...