Nov 24, 2020A Taste of Tuscany: First of the 2020 Extra Virgin Olive OilsNormally the Conti Contini Bonacossi family get through about 70 litres of their own organic extra virgin olive oil a year, but this year...
Mar 15, 2017Wine with Food: what to drink with porkPork dishes in four Michelin starred restaurants (clockwise from top left): Duke of Berkshire barbecued pork ribeye, baked potato, sorrel...
Feb 17, 2017Girls' Night: who'd have thought it...As I sat on the train reading up about the dinner I was heading for at Northcote in Lancashire, a Michelin-starred restaurant and AA...
Sep 2, 2016Krug, Egg, Two Chefs and Two Michelin StarsAbove: Iberico pork, ajo blanco, boquerón anchovies, eggshell and cinders by Michael O'Hare. The edible eggshell was made from egg white,...
Aug 9, 2016Playing with Fire: Ekstedt restaurant in StockholmCooking over fire at Ekstedt (clockwise from top left): wood-fired oven with loaves of bread waiting at the side to go in, smoke box and...
Aug 2, 2016Basque dreams: Ametsa with Arzak InstructionFor some reason 2016 is turning out to be a great year for eating. I seem to have had more, more than usually exciting restaurant meals...