Archive For August 2015
From BBC Food Celebrate Burns Night with The Hairy Bikers’ recipe of haggis, neeps, tatties and whisky sauce. Ingredients 500g/1lb 2oz haggis For the clapshot 00g/1lb 2oz floury potatoes, such as Maris Piper or King Edward, peeled, chopped 500g/1lb 2oz swede (yellow turnip), peeled, chopped 50g/2oz butter 75ml/2¾fl oz double cream sea…
The food scene in London has changed so much over the past couple of decades. We have moved away from that shocking reality of poor quality, few interesting options and culinary apathy. We have some of the world’s best restaurants, the most vibrant international dishes and a huge panorama of choices including beef rib! A…
We might be in London for a short holiday. We see the sights, monuments, museums. We shop till we drop and we are swept along by throngs of others looking for the same delights of retail therapy. But there is another vision of England. It’s that ‘green and pleasant land’ of manicured gardens, country houses…
by Chrissie Walker At last the summer is here. We don’t have guaranteed good weather in the UK so when we have warm days we want to make the best of them. There is nothing better than a barbecue on those weekends when the weather cooperates. Sure, it’s a casual meal but one with…
This is a lovely spot on the River Thames and well patronised by shoppers during the day and socialisers in the evening. But despite its modern façade, Kingston has history and how a lote of restaurants such as Côte. It belonged to the king in Saxon times, as its name suggests, and was the earliest…