Two weeks ago, Michelin Star Pied à Terre on Charlotte Street, London, opened their doors to me. Thanks to Laura Hadfield, they took me on for a two week Stage (French for a chef internship, unpaid experience), and in doing so, they were trusting my ability to contribute, and also …
A good while ago, who knows how long? Perhaps months, perhaps years, such is the vaguary of the temporal plane in my mind… Regardless, the exact time is fairly irrelevant, but as we can all attest to, if we cast our minds in to the past, we can be right …
The world around us, all too familiar, is not as it seems folks. Upon transcendence of our beastly realm, that illusion is swiftly shattered. Our modern scientific nous, centuries of intellectual giants leaping on top of the shoulders of their revolutionary predecessors, tells us this. Let us zoom out in …
In the stone age, some two and half million years ago, man began to fashion knives from flint. Today, at this very moment in time, around the world, millions of chefs and cooks in the home alike, employ the latest version of this ancient tool with varying degrees of deft …
“What a mission!”, I thought as I sat on yet another bus, taking me further away from Salento, Colombia, the picturesque and very touristic town set high up in the Zona Cafetera, and closer to my destination, the thermal baths in Santa Rosa de Cabal. I had foolishly thought that my …
The ever so humble aubergine: it’s not really something that we’ve embraced in the UK as a mainstream activity: its gustatory wonders are revered by the select few, a niche one could call it… The aubergine, eggplant (US/Aus), brinjal (Asia/SA): by any other name it would taste as sweet! This …
Summer has certainly arrived in London, and from a food perspective it’s a great time to be eating! Sure, we can get everything we want, all the time in London, but trust me, eating food when it is ripe and ready in season is infinitely better. All year round we …
The roar of the waves lapping against the shore. This rhythmic, undulating bass, tenor: underlying the alto whisper of tourists chatting in many dialects. Way up on high, the ethereal chattering of birdsong punctuated by the sonorous harmonics of church bells. Fira, Santorini on a sunny Spring morning. The blazing …
Spring has finally arrived (well, in the Northern hemisphere) and we can rejoice in the fecundity of nature as temperatures warm up and everything starts to bloom. As well as the spectacular blossom, budding leaves, tulips and magnolia, the new season also heralds the arrival of some wonderful local produce …
