A couple of weeks ago, during a visit to the Isles of Scilly, I came over all Famous Five – posting Instagram pics of ‘a beautiful hidden cove – great for a secret picnic!’ and ‘fisherman Graham relaxing after his catch’. Some seriously earnest stuff. The thing is, with all the fresh sea air, incredible […]
A couple of weeks ago I had the serious career highlight of being sent by Nowness.com to cover Angela Hartnett and New York chef Gabrielle Hamilton’s collaboration as part of the ‘Girls Night Out’ cooking series – a celebration of six of the world’s best female chefs. You can read about that, and see some […]
I’ve been on breathtakingly beautiful, Famous Five-tastic Isles of Scilly, foraging for wild food with Rachel Lambert for the past few days. The first two days and nights were spent on the wild and enchanting Bryher Island (population: 85), in the lovely Hell Bay hotel, and tonight I moved to the ‘metropolis’ that is St […]
Those of you who follow me on Twitter will know that I cooked a massive smoked gammon a few weeks ago. I love gammon – I find its savoury depth very comforting, and, as someone rightly pointed out, it’s the gift that just keeps on giving – good with anything from salad to eggs, to […]
A matter of months ago, I had never been to Holland. This how now been remedied, and thanks to a fine twist of work-related fate, I’ve actually just been there twice in the past month. On both trips, I had the good fortune of being a guest of the Dylan boutique hotel in Amsterdam. As […]
I have a very shameful confession to make. Last summer I went to Noma in Copenhagen – René Redzepi’s temple to New Nordic cuisine which currently holds the ‘Best Restaurant in the World’ accolade – and enjoyed one of the most delicious and extraordinary meals of my life. And I didn’t blog about it. Not […]
I had lunch at Eyre Brothers in Shoreditch today, one of the few London restaurants specialising in food from the Iberian peninsula. David Eyre, the chef famous for bringing the gastropub to London with the Eagle in Clerkenwell, joined me and told me stories – mostly about eating and drinking, that revealed his unbridled passion […]
I was lucky enough to interview the lovely Australian chef Peter Gilmore for Nowness.com. We talked about the making of visual artists Chayka Sofia‘s wonderful video of his ‘Coral Garden’ dish, which is a culinary translation of the undulating splendour of the coral reef. I love writing for Nowness because their content is always original, […]