Tempo Mayfair – restaurant review
[This venue is now closed] There has been an Italian restaurant on this site in Curzon Street since the 1930s. Tempo is its latest reincarnation...
200 Risottos and Rice Dishes by Laurence and Gilles Laurendon – review
There are two things that are important in our modern hectic lives: speed and economy. It’s the same with regard to food. We might not...
Fusion Brasserie Worcestershire for dinner – restaurant review
One can search for Italian food in all the famous towns that boast true Italian or Tuscan culinary heritage: Florence, Siena, Hawbridge, Pisa, Grosseto. We...
Degò restaurant and wine bar – review
[This venue is now closed] So Degò restaurant and wine bar can be found at 4 Great Portland Street …or more accurately, it’s rather difficult...
Pasta by Carla Bardi – review
Pasta is a food that is loved almost universally. It’s a neutral carrier of flavours and textures. It’s a comfort food that can be quickly...
Biscotti by Mona Talbott and Mirella Misenti – review
Biscotti are cookies, cookies are biscuits and biscuits are biscotti unless you are from the US where a biscuit is a scone …if you are...
Paradiso Restaurant – St. Christopher’s Place – review
The Paradiso restaurant story began with Olivelli’s Hotel and Restaurant which was founded in 1934. It became a magnet for celebrities as well as actors...
500 Italian Dishes by Valentina Sforza – review
It’s summer in England and we have been blessed with dry weather. OK, the sun seems to have been as elusive as ever but at...
Verdura – Vegetables Italian Style by Viana La Place – review
Summer in the UK. Where better to be …well, apart perhaps from Italy. And if we have that vision in our mind’s eye then perhaps...
Recipes from an Italian Summer – cookbook review
When we from Northern Europe think of Italy it’s always summer. A shimmer of heat haze on quiet country roads. Black-clad grandmothers sitting at shady...
Theo Randall Cookery Masterclasses – review
In his early twenties, following an apprenticeship with Max Magarian of Chez Max, Theo Randall started work at The River Café where Rose Gray and...
Zilli Light by Aldo Zilli – review
I have chosen to be a cookbook and restaurant reviewer because I have a passion for food. Am I the best cook in the world?...
Theo Randall at the InterContinental – restaurant review
This London hotel was opened in 1975, and reopened in 2006 after a £76m refurbishment. In the restaurant, natural materials are used to great effect....
Sicilian Food by Mary Taylor Simeti – review
Originally published in 1989 it was out of print for ten years or so. This new edition reminds us why Sicilian Food has been considered...
Sicily – Culinary Crossroads by Giuseppe Coria – review
Sicily – Culinary Crossroads is one of a series of books on Italy’s food culture by Oronzo Editions. They are a publisher that specialises in...
Cucina Napoletana by Arturo Iengo – review
This is a stunning volume of 100 or so recipes and a mix of colour photographs and evocative black and white shots of the city...
Italian Ice Cream by Carla Bardi – review
I have bought the ice cream maker and I am ready to churn. There are fine recipes in many books for ice cream but isn’t...
Donna Margherita Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria – review
We chose a Tuesday evening to visit this little corner of Clapham, and it had all the makings of an uninspiring event. The weather was...
Fast Pasta by Australian Women’s Weekly – review
The fact that pasta is fast will not come as some earth-shattering revelation. The strength of Fast Pasta is the wealth of ideas to expand...
Buonissimo by Gino D’Acampo – cookbook review
This is the second book by Gino D’Acampo. His first, Fantastico, won the Gourmand Cookbook Award for the Best Italian Cookbook in the World. It’s...