Survive a Tier 4 January with these 34 amazing lockdown delivery kits January 1, 2020 With more lockdowns annoucned up and down the country, January is set to be a rather miserable time, especially for those of us who are gastronomically-inclined. Thankfully, you can kill two birds with one stone – supporting your favourite chefs and getting your fix of restaurant-quality food – by ordering some of these amazing home [...]
Meat Loaf Remainism is just a return to politics as usual August 16, 2019 I’ll give fellow journalist John Rentoul the credit for coming up with the term “Meat Loaf Remainism”, although he is just one of many commentators to have noted how the present political predicament resembles a certain epic nineties rock anthem. Like the lover who swears “I would do anything for love, but I won’t do [...]
It’s the end of the world as we know it… do we feel fine? October 10, 2019 No-one who lives in London would be able to miss at least some news content about the Extinction Rebellion demonstrations in the capital this week. Seemingly the protestors have been everywhere: on Monday, they blocked Westminster Bridge and barricaded one end of Whitehall with a hearse, and on Tuesday they glued themselves to the Department [...]
Dagenham Dock could be the perfect new home for the City’s historic food markets June 24, 2019 Since the Middle Ages, three iconic wholesale food markets have served Londoners with a range of fresh produce, even as the capital’s population and culinary tastes have changed beyond all recognition. Individuals and businesses continue to purchase meat, fish, fruit and vegetables at Smithfield, Billingsgate, and New Spitalfields markets to this day. The City of [...]
Fitness advice: Here’s everything you REALLY need to know about the keto diet April 11, 2019 Atkins. Low fat. Low carb. Alkaline. Intermittent fasting. Paleo. I’ve seen so many fad diets come and go that it’s hard to keep track of them all. Right now the ketogenic diet (keto) is having something of a renaissance, so I thought I’d delve into it. What is a ‘Keto’ diet? Keto is effectively low [...]
Trisara hotel review: Foraging needn’t be at the expense of luxury July 24, 2019 Foraging is all the rage but, despite its fashionable foodie status, it does rather bring to mind getting grubby at the bottom of the garden, thrashing around with a set of secateurs, or simply pretending to be a badger. Surely there’s a more glamorous way to liven up lunch? So, off to Trisara in Thailand [...]
The rise in popularity of recipe boxes is just the beginning of a revolution in food-prep convenience. Here’s what’s next December 20, 2018 Humans love to cook, ever since a caveman accidentally roasted his own forearm on a bonfire and reckoned it smelled kind of delicious. From there it was a short jump to cooking meat that wasn’t attached to our arms. Soon ancient humans were experimenting by throwing bigger and bigger animals on to the flames. Mice [...]
Volt Axis e-bike review: You won’t find a more hard-wearing, high-spec and reliable electric folding bike on the market February 6, 2019 Winter is done. I’m no Michael Fish, but I’m calling it. The season is finished. That pathetic sprinkling of grey snow we had last week was all that nature dared throw at us. From here on in we can gently coast back up the thermometer, past the teens, into the twenties, and then beyond to [...]
Putting the new Audi R8 through its paces on some hair-raising roads from Calais to Paris to Provence September 25, 2019 The Audi R8 is a mid-engined supercar with multiple personalities. Ideal, therefore, for a blast through France to visit three characterful but very different hotels. The 2019 Audi R8 might have only received a mild facelift but it can still stop people in their tracks. From the front, I worry that the recent nip-tuck makes [...]
Top chef Francesco Mazzei chats to his friend and neighbour, the fashion designer Ozwald Boateng, over pasta and fresh truffle at his Savile Row restaurant Sartoria December 6, 2018 Starter Truffle doughnuts Francesco Mazzei: Do you remember how we met? It was at a lunch with Prince Charles at Highgrove about 10 years ago. This is a great story. You went up to him and he said, “I think you need a new suit…” I said, ‘Fuck!’ I couldn’t believe it. Ozwald Boateng: I [...]