Food and Drink

Step Aside Nigella: We Rely On Mum’s Recipes

Despite a plethora of celebrity chefs, cooking channels and online networks such as Pinterest and Instagram, Brits still rely on recipes handed down from their mothers, a new study has found. Some 64 per cent of the average Brit's current repertoire of meals are those inherited from their own mothers, rather than found in books, with seven in ten respondents saying there is an element of comfort in using the recipe they remember their parents using. Six in ten cooks say...

The Weekly Cocktail Recipe – Salt Room’s ‘Seaside Martini’

Alongside becoming renowned for their seafood and steak focused menu, Brighton’s Salt Room also possesses a selection of brilliant cocktails. Located on the seafront, the restaurant’s ‘Seaside Martini’ features a base of vermouth that’s made in-house and sea herb infused Sussex Gin, both of which are teamed with a smoked sea salt saline solution and a dash of locally sourced rapeseed oil. What’s more, the drink is served over ice with some samphire and an oyster shell for the drink...

Watch – Teen overcame anorexia to publish recipes that helped her recover

A young woman who was diagnosed with anorexia in her teens has launched a cookbook to help others suffering like she did. Even when Nicola Davis’ weight plummeted to a dangerously low level she continued to make her family tasty meals. She was consuming minus calories, but her family were feasting on pies, cakes and risottos. The recipe book contains the meals she cooked herself to help her recover from the life-threatening illness. Through a combination of medical and emotional...

Watch: Londoner Goes Temporarily Deaf After Eating “World’s Spiciest Noodles”

A London-based food blogger went temporarily deaf after eating the World's spiciest noodles at a backstreet restaurant in Indonesia. According to reports in The Evening Standard, Ben Sumadiwiria tried "death noodles" Indomie Abang Adek, which is claimed to be 4,000 times stronger than Tabasco and has a 20 million rating on the Scoville scale, the measure of a chilli’s hotness. The video, uploaded to Mr Sumadiwiria’s Awesome Eats YouTube channel, sees the prominent blogger almost vomit before proclaiming: “That’s the worst feeling you will...

London’s Best New Restaurant Openings – September 2016

With plenty of exciting restaurant openings constantly taking place across the Capital, here’s our pick of the best new restaurants arriving in London over the coming month. Chick ‘n’ Sours – Seven Dials Following the success of his first Chick ‘n’ Sours in Haggerston, having opened just over a year ago, Carl Clarke has announced plans to open a sister restaurant in the heart of Central London. Like the Haggerston space, the new restaurant’s menu will be short and punchy, offering a number of...

Beer of the Week – Magic Rock Rapture

Strength: 4.6% ABV Brewed: Birkby, Huddersfield Heavily inspired by the American craft beer scene, alongside a passion for great beers, Magic Rock Brewing Co. commenced brewing in 2011. Since initiating, the brewery has become renowned as one of Yorkshire’s finest craft brewers, “committed to making a full range of modern, flavourful, hop forward and ‘big’ beers using the best available ingredients and techniques for drinkers unwilling to compromise on flavour.” And to accommodate increases in demand, Magic Rock eventually moved...

Restaurant Review – Macellaio RC, Exmouth Market

As far as dinner is concerned, there are few things more comforting than a high-quality steak, generously seasoned and cooked to absolute perfection. Though when eating out, the choice of ordering a steak is generally considered boring, and generally best left to the most unadventurous of diners. When reviewing restaurants, dishes that sound either ridiculously enthusing, or those that seem just plain ridiculous are generally encouraged - and when fraught with so much choice, steak can be very rarely placed...

Why We All Should Take Note of Asado Cooking

The greatest tragedy of modern day life is the pace at which we live it. You know who said that? I did. A 30 year-old workaholic who rushes through commuter crowds every morning at 8 before barging my way back through the same people at 6. I graft in the mornings, graft at night. I can't switch off on my measly 23 day's holiday and use Sundays to cushion the end of the working week with the start of a...

The Weekly Cocktail Recipe – R&B Distillers ‘Borders Sour’

Tying in with National Whisky Sours Day having taken place in America this week, as well as record breaking temperatures here in the UK – this week’s featured cocktail recipe is most fitting. New Scottish brand R&B Distillers’ take on the class Whisky Sour is the perfect antidote to the blistering heat. An incredibly simple concoction, the 'Borders Sour' showcases R&B’s Borders highland single grain Scotch whisky, combined with fresh lemon, pineapple, Gomme syrup and grapefruit bitters. Ingredients 50ml Borders...

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