Gruesome nightmare or interesting talking point? Welcome to Living Tables When the table appears to be dressed as Marilyn Monroe and hands you a vol-auvent, it's probably time to slow down on the banana daiquiris. And when the watermelon in the ...
Restaurants are under increasing pressure to reduce levels of salt in food. Here's how to do it It is a widely acknowledged fact that much of the UK's population eats too much salt. Government guidelines recommend no more than 6g a day for ...
The ‘gastropub' – everybody's doing it but Daniel Clifford's doing it in Essex There's been an embarrassment of riches on the ‘gastropub' scene of late, with Gordon Ramsay's Narrow and Nigel Haworth's ...
Warner brothers Ben and Hugo predict great things for Benugo with the arrival of their first restaurant on London's Southbank Ben and Hugo Warner, owners of 18 Benugo café delis, have just launched their first restaurant venture, the ...
Dipna Anand's low cholesterol Punjabi cuisine has put her at the top of her class When Dipna Anand set about putting her restaurateur father Gulu Anand on a diet, she had her work cut out. Gulu, after all, is a man so stubborn that on the night ...
Jessica’s head chef leaves to pursue dream of opening own restaurant Glynn Purnell, Head Chef of Michelin-starred restaurant Jessica's in Edgbaston, Birmingham, is leaving the restaurant to open his own restaurant this summer. Purnell's .
Barrogill, the first North Highland blend, is selected by Prince Charles himself Watercolours, children's books, organic farming, ideal village building, faith defending, explaining to ignorant pharmacists and doctors how narrow-minded they are ...
Confit Tuna with Crispy Melting Pork and Béarnaise Sauce The tuna is cooked in olive oil at about 50ºF (10ºC) so that it looks raw but is bursting with the flavour of the olive oil. It's on the healthy side but then there's ...
You know you're somewhere special if it has a great bathroom. Here's some practical tips on getting bums on seats with our guide to creating the perfect water closet Nothing hurts a chef's pride more than show-stopping lavs. ;The ...
The Walnut Tree Inn in Abergavenny has been sold after being closed in March ;pending some re-organisation;. Franco and Ann Taruschio founded the former Michelin-starred restaurant 30 years ago with recent owner Francesco Mattioli taking ...
Terry Durack of The Independent on Sunday Review picked up the Restaurant Critic's award at the Glenfiddich Food & Drink Awards 2007 at a ceremony held at Sketch in London's Mayfair. Judges, which included restaurateur Bruce Poole of Chez...
Of course we all want to keep the customer happy, but what about when they're just plain wrong? The customer is always right. Aren't they? What about if one goose-stepped up and down in front of a group of horrified German diners, shouting ...
The Anchor & Hope team arrive in the West End with a promising Covent Garden sequel When the Anchor & Hope opened in 2003, behind Waterloo Station in The Cut, many people thought it was an odd location to open a pub serving good quality food....
Chef turnover is one of the biggest challenges facing the industry, generating massive annual costs, recruitment expert David McHattie suggests ways to tackle the £95m question When you last recruited a chef, the chances are it took you a while .
Loch Fyne Restaurants has bought a site in Midhurst, West Sussex which it plans to open in June. The seafood restaurant is opening on the historic town's high street in a 17th Century building. The current restaurant has 70 covers as well as a ...
The spiel: ;Freshly prepared and flavoursome cheap Mexican food served at a fast-food pace and price but in a relaxed dining environment.; Which means? The customer chooses the fillings for their burrito from a counter of hot and cold ...
Eastern European businessmen to launch restaurant for the Russian elite The site which used to house the Pourcel brothers' fine dining French restaurant W'Sens in St James's, London, has been bought by three Eastern European businessmen...
Barbara Hine and her French husband Denis bought the Corse Lawn House in Gloucestershire in 1978 and ran it until Denis's death in 2005. Baba continues to run the hotel en famille with her son Giles. The lovely Queen Anne house has an elegant ...
Sherry is coming out of its culinary closet, and stepping out for food and wine matching The pairing of sherry with food puts one in mind of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and Katharine Hepburn's pithy remark that ;He gave her class. She ...
Long before the mantra of local, seasonal and organic was fashionable the recipient of this year's Lifetime Achievement Award was fighting the good fight. Restaurant paid her a visit… There's a chef I've heard about that's got ..
Highlights from the globally renowned design fair The 46th annual Salone Internazionale del Mobile – the world's leading design fair – took place in Milan at the end of April, and was attended by an incredible 1,500 exhibitors from ...
The first contact a potential guest makes with a restaurant is what will keep them coming back A casual enquiry about the price of the set lunch; a request for a copy of the menu; a reservation for two on a Saturday night. From surprisingly small ...
