Top five foodie highlights from 2013
The New Year is a time for reflection, I’m told – thinking about the year that has passed and what…
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Forget January’s Dryathlon and 5:2 diet resolution – pace yourself all year instead
It is detox and diet season once more – a month of people snapping at family and friends because they…
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Emily Rookwood tries tapas à la française at Blanchette, Soho
The imaginatively entitled ‘My Cookbook’ by Gerard Depardieu sits on a shelf towards the back of Blanchette, which is just…
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Sitwell scoffs in Singapore, Bangkok and Hong Kong
Author: by Spear’s Editorial I nipped to Asia this week. A whistle-stop tour that took in Singapore, Bangkok and Hong…
ByForget January's Dryathlon and 5:2 diet resolution – pace yourself all year instead
Isn’t it better to adopt a better attitude towards food for the entire year rather than concentrating on diets and…
ByEmily Rookwood tries tapas ’ la fran’aise at Blanchette, Soho
They serve a French version of tapas – so smaller plates alongside great charcuterie and snacks. There is also a…
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Domaine de Bellevue wine club offers vineyard ownership perks minus dregs
Author: Chloe Barrow WORKING DOMAINE’S CLUB At last, a chance to enjoy the fruits of owning a vineyard without having…
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The new aristo-foodie trend: historic houses with chic restaurants
Author: by Spear’s Editorial I can’t imagine why any successful asset manager or banker would want to pursue a second…
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Glenmorangie gives customers choice of tipple with personalised whisky
Drinkers can choose their tipple, but they rarely have a say in how that tipple is made. Now Glenmorangie has…
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Sitwell scoffs at Tsiakkos & Charcoal, Marylands Road
‘Please don’t tell everyone about this place,’ my friend pleaded as we nestled into a long and wonderful lunch at…
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Elusive Sketch restaurateur Mourad Mazouz gives rare interview to Spear’s
SKETCH ARTIST Whatever happened to Mourad Mazouz? Far from having vanished, the low-profile mastermind behind Momo and Sketch is in…
ByElusive Sketch restaurateur Mourad Mazouz gives rare interview to Spear's
Whatever happened to Mourad Mazouz? Far from having vanished, the low-profile mastermind behind Momo and Sketch is in fact as…
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From turkey to tortellini, our foodie friends share their Christmas traditions
Every family has their own way of doing things at Christmas from how early or late the tree goes up…
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Sitwell scoffs at Ethiopian cuisine, One Leicester Street and Boisdale of Belgravia
Next time you find yourself trekking through the Simien mountains of Ethiopia (pictured below) – who knows, possibly raising funds…
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Emily Rookwood’s Christmas Cake family recipe
You can’t have Christmas without Christmas cake even if, like me, you are mainly in it for the marzipan. Yes,…
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You can’t have Christmas without Christmas cake even if, like me, you are mainly in it for the marzipan. There…
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Best restaurants in Singapore
Author: Peter Matthews Speak to anyone from Singapore and before long you’ll realise that this is a nation that loves…
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Festive foodie treats to try in December
December is practically upon us, how that happened I really don’t know but there we are. Diaries are notoriously busy…
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Emily Rookwood enjoys fine autumnal fare at homely Midsummer House
Every now and then I get to venture out of London to eat. My latest day trip required me to…
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Sitwell scoffs at the Opera Tavern in Soho and the River Café on Rainville Road
Ben Tish climbed up through the deep well of cheffydom with the constant helping hand of Jason Atherton. At the…
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