Put some sparkle in your Valentine's Day with these drinks
Three drinks to get you in the mood. By Emily Rookwood This is my one concession to Valentine’s Day, and…
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#FISHbone's food is good but the prices stick in your throat
A pop-up in Notting Hill’s Kensington Place is a bit fishy when it comes to the salmon doner kebab, says…
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How to make a macho cocktail – just add Scotch
Here at Spear’s we asked some of the best mixologists in London town to come up with some quirky whisky…
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Luxury Chocolate Gifts for Valentine’s Day
Whether you are looking for an inimitable gift, or chocolate is simply your raison d’être, a visit to the boutique…
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Christopher’s all American grill lightens up with new raw food bar
Over the past few years we have seen a huge increase in the number of raw dishes on menus here…
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Nestled in the heart of Belgravia is one of London’s oldest artisan chocolate shops. A haven for the chocolate lover,…
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Start your day the charitable way with the Great British Brekkie
I only skip breakfast on very rare occasions and generally this is more by accident then design. Next week, though,…
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Christopher's all American grill lightens up with new raw food bar
Recent trends for Peruvian food and more specifically cerviche has pushed raw firmly into the ‘trendy’ box, and classic carpaccios…
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Celebrate Chinese New Year with London’s top Chinese restaurants
My father can still remember the first Chinese meal he had; growing up in the Fifties and Sixties in North…
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Duke’s creates model cocktails to celebrate London Fashion Week
Models, apparently, don’t like to eat, but don’t mind drinking. Preferably vodka sans mixer – best for the complexion, don’t…
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Indulge your taste for Camilleri with Bocca di Lupo’s Montalbano literary lunches
Murder mystery meals at my house usually revolve around discovering who roasted a chicken to death (it’s always me). But…
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Celebrate Chinese New Year with London's top Chinese restaurants
Here, in sort-of order of descending classiness, are my favourite Chinese restaurants in London, and since it’s the start of…
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The cocktails have cute names in honour of some of the industry’s leading lights. So there’s the Coco, the Kate,…
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Indulge your taste for Camilleri with Bocca di Lupo's Montalbano literary lunches
You are no doubt familiar with the policeman-cum-gourmet Montalbano, who solves crimes in Sicily in between lavish meals. This makes…
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How to make Mandarin Macarons for Chinese New Year
Author: by Spear’s Editorial London’s Chinese New Year celebrations are the largest outside Asia, and this weekend hundreds of thousands…
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Ben Tish’s rise from Skegness trainee to Salt Group top chef
TISH BOOM Powerful though the attractions of Skegness might be for some, they did not have the force to retain…
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How to tell when wine becomes vintage gold or just plain old
CELLAR DWELLERS How do we know which wines will age, and which will fall into decrepitude? The most basic requirement…
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Glenmorangie’s single malt Companta is a thriller
Bill Lumsden, master distiller at Glenmorangie, is as Scottish as a kilt-clad haggis caught in a Highland downpour. Nevertheless, addressing…
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Art isn’t on the menu at Royal Academy’s The Keeper’s House
The Keeper’s House is tucked away in a far corner of the Royal Academy’s Burlington Building, guarded by a rather…
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Burns Night recipe: Scottish tablet
A very good friend of mine is of Scottish descent so I have pestered him for his family’s tablet recipe.…
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