Apr 17, 2019Natural wines from a garage in CataloniaI’m not going to get into a discussion about so-called natural wine or raw wine, except to say that I'm not a cheerleader for them. That...
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 13, 2016The World's Worst WineIt goes without saying that I never review wines I haven't tasted. I'm making an exception now for Tiger Bone Wine, Chinese rice wine...
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...