Recipes

A simple sourdough recipe using store cupboard ingredients.

Coinciding with The Other Palace’s run of Toast – a stage adaptation of Nigel Slater’s best-selling memoir – the theatre’s resident restaurant, The Other Naughty Piglet, is serving a modern take on Nigel’s mother’s ‘surprisingly good’ rice pudding referenced in the show. Created by Joe Sharratt, Director and Head Chef at The Other Naughty Piglet, the recipe strives to capture the flavours and nostalgia familiar with the dish, served chilled and accompanied by a scoop of homemade ice cream. The...

Launched in 2015, by CHLOE. aims to offer “delicious, wholesome, vegan foods that fuel and energise without compromising flavour, taste or satisfaction”. Just three years after opening their first fast-casual space in New York City, the brand launched its first international venture in London, taking over a site near Covent Garden, joining an additional nine US locations. With two London restaurants now open, by CHLOE. has launched a new spring menu, available in both restaurants until the end of May....

“At Shola our aim is to take you back to an era of simple, clean cooking, the way it has been done in our family kitchens for decades,” explains Aida Khan, speaking on the launch of her first restaurant. Joining the likes of Waka and The Athenian at White City Place – former home to the BBC headquarters – Shola follows a successful Gourmet Karachi Supper Club, championing Pakistani cuisine through a menu rooted in family recipes passed down through...

Occupying the former site of Bag O’Nails – a live music venue renowned for hosting The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and The Who – The Court has the potential to become Soho’s most exciting new members’ club. Intending to honour the club’s rich musical history, The Court will act as a private members’ club with a piano stage and nightly live entertainment. The realisation of founder Harry Mead, “who’s vision is to redefine the typical private members’ experience”, the venue will...

Taking place alongside Burns Night (25th January), this year, Scotch Whisky Weekend is a new mini festival from DrinkUp.London in partnership with Scotchwhisky.com. Moreover, a number of London bars will also celebrate Scotch Whisky Weekend, with four days of cocktail tours championing £6 cocktails for Festival Pass holders. For the event, Shoreditch bar Callooh Callay has collaborated with Monkey Shoulder on a limited-edition whisky cocktail – the ‘Super Freak’ - available throughout January, served in a miniature disco ball. Speaking...

Literally meaning ‘my kitchen’, Meri Rasoi is an Indian cookery school run by food writer and cookery teacher Nidhi Verma. Having grown up in India, Nidhi Verma left a career in marketing to follow her passion for food by running cookery classes and publishing recipes on her website. Aiming to demystify Indian food with clear, detailed step-by-step recipes, Nidhi teaches from her home in South West London, with regular classes including ‘Classic Indian Home Cookery’ (sharing family recipes handed through generations) and ‘Simply...

Chef Jun Tanaka has introduced a new seasonal ‘Wild Pasta’ menu at his Michelin-starred restaurant, The Ninth, in Fitzrovia. Centered around wild British game and wild mushrooms, the menu is available for lunch and dinner from Monday to Saturday throughout the game and mushroom season, using game supplied by Vicars Farm in Berkshire. The menu’s funghi sourcing, on the other hand, changes regularly to reflect the best produce available throughout the season. This agnolotti recipe, for instance, features pasta envelopes...

Using the simplest of ingredients, the Whisky Sour enjoyed much popularity before its recipe was first recorded, published in Jerry Thomas’ 1862 book, The Bartender’s Guide. Historical accounts suggest the drink was originally conceived by professional sailors to combat scurvy. Relying on sugar to be dissolved in water before adding the remaining ingredients, the drink’s original construction resembles that of punch, albeit made in small batches. This crossover therefore renders it difficult to trace the cocktail’s exact origins. Thomas’ recipe features...