Guest editor Helene Darroze on pigging out and Krispy Kremes
I divide my time between Paris and London, as I have restaurants in both cities. It can be a bit…
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Helene Darroze’s Guest Recipe: Grandmother’s roast corn-fed chicken stuffed with wild mushrooms
Serves 6 1 corn-fed chicken (ask your butcher to clean the liver and keep it to use in the recipe)1…
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If you feel like cooking up a storm this weekend – in line with the weather forecast, sadly – then…
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A day in the life of a Michelin inspector
Most days I am up by about 6.45am to reflect upon the stay and the meal the night before in…
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Top cocktail bar Nightjar shares its sweet-toothed Easter drink recipe
Spring is in full bloom, the Royal parks look as beautiful as ever and the weather is set to be…
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Restaurant Review: Boopshi’s, Goodge Street
Austrian food is having a moment. For far too long German and Austrian food has been put in a box…
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Review: When Mac Met Cheese, Porchester Road
The trend, as I am far from first to point out, for restaurants serving one kind of food done exquisitely…
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3Cs Cider features Spear’s very own William Sitwell
Now before you start chuckling to yourselves, the 3Cs in 3Cs Cider stands for 3 Chaps who are making a…
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Emily Rookwood visits the latest Austrian restaurant to hit London Austrian food is having a moment. For far too long…
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3Cs Cider comes from three counties using more traditional British apple varieties, says Emily Rookwood Now before you start chuckling…
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Krug matches champagne with concertos in sparkling performance
If you haven’t made plans for tonight already, it’s time to head east. Forget the hipsters and their snazzy bars,…
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Guest Recipe: Philippe Agnello’s Berber Crepes
Pancake Day may be over, but that doesn’t mean you can’t continue to enjoy delicious crepes throughout the year. Try…
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The Berkeley’s Marcus Wareing shows how hotel dining has gone from stuffy to sought-after
The hotel dining room has many faces – it can swing wildly between your grandmother’s front room and a beautifully…
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The Dorchester offers soirées in the kitchen – where all good evenings end
As that very catchy Ikea advert said ‘you always end up in the kitchen at parties’. Although I doubt the…
ByGuest Recipe: Philippe Agnello's Berber Crepes
Pancake Day may be over, but that doesn’t mean you can’t continue to enjoy delicious crepes throughout the year. Try…
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The Berkeley's Marcus Wareing shows how hotel dining has gone from stuffy to sought-after
Hotel restaurants, much like hotel bars which have transformed from their formative days as watering holes into chic retreats, are…
ByThe Dorchester offers soir’es in the kitchen – where all good evenings end
The Dorchester’s private dining room already offers great access to the heart of this busy working kitchen. However, if that…
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London becomes leading destination for fine dining
London and Paris have the best fine dining restaurants in the world, according to the Elite 100 Restaurants 2014. Both…
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How to tell the finest Venetian wines from canal water
Any traveller in Italy knows what an ancient country it is. You can’t wander down a street without stubbing your…
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The 250th anniversary of Ruinart rose is the perfect excuse to pop open some bubbly
Champagne is often thought of as an ‘occasional’ wine — you crack open a bottle to mark a special occasion.…
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