Food and Drink

With Shrove Tuesday well on its way, the entire nation seems to have been captivated by a rapturous level of excitement for ‘pancake day’. Having developed immeasurably from the tradition of using leftover ingredients before the start of Lent; pancake day has become an important part of the yearly calendar, celebrating everything from fluffy American pancake stacks to paper-thin crêpes. This recipe covers the latter, shared by Michelin starred chef Pascal Aussignac, taken from his cookbook, Cuisinier Gascon: Meals from...

Tons of people just love Asian food. Who can blame them? Ramen, sushi, Pad Thai, it’s all delicious. If you have a friend who is a big fan of Asian cuisine, and also very hard to buy gifts for, it might be a good idea to incorporate their food love into a gift when the time comes. Celebrate any event along with their affinity for some of the best food in the world. And it won’t break the bank either...

Following the success of last year’s competition, The World’s Best Martini Challenge 2018 final took place at Oslo in Hackney last month. Featuring six finalists and three independent judges – Mark Ludmon of Bar Magazine, Annie Hayes of Master of Malt and Witek Wojaczek of Artesian Bar at The Langham – the evening showcased six innovative takes on the quintessentially British cocktail. Using Arbikie Gin, this year’s victor was the ‘Showcase Martini’ from bartender Francesco at The Gibson, using Scottish...

Pasta is big business in London restaurants at the moment, and it’s hardly surprising. Across the pond, many restaurants are employing a fast-casual approach to pasta. Del Posto chef Mark Ladner opened Pasta Flyer, a fast-casual pasta restaurant, in New York last year; joining Casa Barilla in California and Grass in Portland, Oregon, amongst others. Closer to home, a number of Italian trattoria-styled restaurants primarily dedicated to pasta have opened in London, also adopting an unequivocally casual approach. During 2016,...

So Valentine's Day has arrived and you've booked your other half into a luxurious hotel with spa treatments and rose-covered bed sheets. Or, more likely, you have left it until the last minute and pitched a romantic night at home under the guise of saving money for the summer holiday? Either way your luck is in, for what better way of recreating a spa night than to drink a wine grown in the grounds of the renowned Château de Berne? The...

With plenty of exciting restaurant openings constantly taking place across the Capital, we pick London’s best new restaurant openings taking place over the coming month.   Jidori – Covent Garden Following the success of their Dalston restaurant of the same name, Natalie Lee-Joe and Brett Redman will open Jidori in Covent Garden this month, taking over a premises on Catherine Street. Like the Dalston restaurant, the new Jidori will have a prominent focus on Japanese yakitori, extending the original menu with...

As the promise of January slowly rolls into the tedium of February, it’s likely that 92% of the people reading this will have already jettisoned their resolutions. While there is absolutely no shame in this—the statistics are in your favour after all—it is still important to keep the idea of bettering yourself in mind throughout the year. According to a YouGov poll from this time last year, three of the top five most common resolutions amongst Brits are related to...

A woman has taken on Britain's biggest sausage roll - measuring a massive 3FT and so big it needs to be served on a FENCE POST. Famous challenge eater - the aptly named Kate Ovens managed to polish off most of the giant snack in just TEN minutes. But the 23-year-old feared she had met her match with the 3750-calorie snack - because she hit 'the wall' with less than six inches of the meaty treat left. The 5ft 5ins...

Based in Bristol, Lost and Grounded Brewers began brewing in the summer of 2016, following a year of preparation. Fascinated by the precision of German brewing and the idiosyncratic nature of Belgain beers, Lost and Grounded have a 25HL brewhouse from Krones, located in Freising, Germany – home of Weihenstephan. Here, the brewhouse includes a traditional lactic acid propagation plant, giving brewers the ability to naturally produce “sour” wort with a special strain of lactic acid bacteria used to naturally...