Last night I went to the launch of Russell Norman’s new book; SPUNTINO: Comfort Food (New York Style), out with Bloomsbury this week. A follow up to the Polpo founder’s first offering – A Venetian Cookbook (Of Sorts) – this time he celebrates the world that gave birth to his Soho-based love letter to New York. In inimitable style, we spilled on […]
Since I moved to Notting Hill last year, I’ve been on a quest to sort the good from the bad in terms of brunch spots around the area. While the popularity of New York style ‘brunch’ has been growing for years in the UK, in this pocket of West London, it’s practically an institution. There […]
When I was growing up, Saturdays during the summer would be spent doing one of two things; preparing a BBQ, or having copious amounts of cheese & wine outside until it’s dark and everyone’s wrapped up in coats but unwilling to move inside. Because of the latter; I’ve got quite an adventurous taste for crackers (if you […]
Remember when I said that I didn’t drink cider often? Twice in a month is a real rarity. But when it’s this good, I’m always keen 🙂 Martin from Pilton was kind enough to send me a bottle of their award-winning cider, which is a whole juice sparkling cider made by the old English method of […]