They say that practice makes perfect. If that is indeed the case, then Ed and Tom Martinmust by now be approaching the perfect pub. Having previously opened a string of successful gastropubs including The Botanist, The Chiswell Street Dining Rooms, The White Swan, the Cadogan Arms and The Gun, they recently opened their first West End pub: The […]
Click here for a full portionChicken breasts in a mushroom marsala sauce with roasted beets
I have a confession to make. I like to think I have fairly good taste in art, literature and music. I know my Beethoven from my Vivialdi. I can actually recite some chunks of poetry from my beloved TS Eliot. I find fluffy holiday reading (especially that marketed at women!) quite unbearable, preferring Jane […]
Click here for a full portionFood halls, Feskekôrka and fika – a foodie weekend in Gothenburg
We had been talking about fika constantly in the last few days before our trip. “We’re planning to have three fikas a day!” crowed Su-Lin on e-mail. “What??” I retorted, “We’re cutting down on fika??”. And yes, we had barely been in Gothenburg three hours when we indulged in our first fika. It had been […]
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Shooting star – Austria, December 2011
Click here for a full portionSpring greens with blue cheese
Predictions. What is it about them that the human race simply cannot resist?? Nostradamus made a career out of making them. Generations of scarf-swathed women in heavy black eyeliner with cards or crystal balls or tea-leaves have made a good living out of them (or got condemned to death on account of being a […]
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Winter sunrise – London,January 2012
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