Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill – hotel review
London is indeed one of the world’s great cities. It’s a magnet for tourists from every corner of the globe. They come to visit famed...
Castle House Hotel, Hereford – review
I confess, this isn’t a part of the country I know well. OK, it’s true, I am a city sort but I am increasingly charmed...
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...
The Balthazar Cookbook by Keith McNally – review
It’s getting near Christmas so it’s nice to be able to review a book with a seasonal ring to it. No it isn’t a book...
Momofuku by David Chang and Peter Meehan – review
This is a chunky, classy tome from Absolute Press (I hope they work the same magic with my book next year!). Its photography is stunning,...
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...
Leon – Naturally Fast Food by Henry Dimbleby – review
Leon restaurant was founded by Henry Dimbleby, John Vincent and the celebrated cook Ellegra McEvedy. They wanted to open a fast-food restaurant that you would...
Terre A Terre – The Vegetarian Cookbook by Amanda Powley – review
I do rather worry when I am presented with a vegetarian cookbook. So many of them in the past have been unappealing to all but...
The Press Club by George Calombaris – review
Sounds like a haunt for elderly, heavy-smoking, heavy-drinking journalists. The Press Club is, in fact, a highly-acclaimed restaurant in Melbourne, Australia and it’s all about...
The Bibendum Cookbook by Terence Conran – review
So what is a Bibendum? It sounds like the Latin name for a baby’s nappy (diaper) but it is, in fact, the name of a...
La Porte des Indes Cookbook by Mehernosh Mody – review
Some of you, my dear readers, might be able to translate that title with ease (education is a marvellous thing). The Gateway to the Indies...
The Cinnamon Club Cookbook – Iqbal Wahhab and Vivek Singh
The title evokes pictures of colonial plantations with a menu of Anglo-Indian dishes and probably jam roly-poly in sweltering heat. That vision could not be...
Black Pudding and Foie Gras by Andrew Pern – review
This is a magnificent volume that leads you to expect something special before you even open the cover. Black Pudding and Foie Gras is a...
The Wagamama Cookbook by Hugo Arnold – review
This is the second Hugo Arnold Wagamama book that I have come across, the first being the gorgeous Wagamama – Ways with Noodles. I was...
Wagamama – Ways with Noodles by Hugo Arnold – review
Hugo Arnold is crazy about noodles and that enthusiasm is evident from the first page of this delectable book. The photography by Ditta Isager is...
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...