Anyone who’s come to ours for dinner before will be familiar with Thomasina Miers’ guacamole and tomato salsa recipes as we serve them for starters all the time. We make them in abundance, serve them with chips made out of deep fried tortillas and stuff our faces until there’s no room for mains. Im sure … Continue reading »
Going to MsMarmitelover’s is an absolute treat. Kerstin Rodgers, the woman behind the name (and the fascinators), is responsible for bringing supper clubs to the capital and continues to throw a fabulous mix of demonstrative food events in her Kilburn home. I recently attended the Underground Farmers Market, a candlelit mix of street food stalls, … Continue reading »
EBLEX are the organisation for beef and lamb levy payers in England. To you and me, that means they work on enhancing the profitability and sustainability of the English beef and lamb sector, meaning that what we take home from the butchers have both a quality assured taste and source. I was invited to an … Continue reading »
It’s Chocolate Week this week, and there seemed no better way to start it than tasting some top-class treats at William Curley’ new pop up in St.Martins Lane Hotel, Covent Garden. William Curley has been awarded Britain’s Best Chocolatier by the Academy of Chocolate for five consecutive years, and this simplistic, stylish pop up will … Continue reading »
“Champagne is the only wine that enhances a woman’s beauty.” Madame Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV. (1721 – 1764). Last weekend, I was drunkenly bumbling around Epernays Avenue De Champagne, dubbed ‘the most drinkable street in the world’, visiting some of the most prestigious champagne houses, Moet and Chandon and Mercier. It’s a hard … Continue reading »
London’s festival scene is currently booming with events such as Field Day, Ben and Jerrys, Lovebox, 1-2-3-4 Shoreditch just around the corner. They’re a great excuse for Londoners to experience the festival scene without the tents, mud and backpacks full of loo-roll and baby wipes. All you need to do is don your festival fashion, … Continue reading »
Glastonbury festival, which starts next week (AH!), is actually one of my favourite eating experiences of the year. Of course I’m also there for the live music, and the anticipation of all the ‘special guests’ and ‘secret gigs’, and bands that play out of giant moving robotic platforms, and the late night kamikaze karaoke held … Continue reading »
Last night I had one of my most exciting London food experiences to date. I had the lucky pleasure of attending the ‘Eat, Pray Love’ DVD launch at MsMarmitelover’s original underground restaurant. The restaurant is her own beautiful home where she hosts fabulous foodie events: some are dinners, simply for the pleasure of eating and … Continue reading »
