Food & Drink

Sitwell Scoffs: Café Rive Gauche

THE LATE, GREAT, obnoxious, rude, funny and shy Michael Winner often railed against what passed for a greeting in restaurants.…

Sitwell Scoffs: French garages and Le Moulin de l’Abbaye

Guest Recipe: William Drabble’s roast grouse with blackberries and port wine jus

Ingredients 4 young grouse Sauce 100ml olive oil 100g butter 2 shallots peeled and sliced 4 sprigs of thyme 2…

William Drabble guest-edits Food Friday

William Drabble is executive chef of Seven Park Place at St James’s Hotel & Club, Mayfair and here he talks…

Not bathwater any longer: Moonshine makes a comeback as a luxury spirit

LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE Without quite losing its reputation as illicit hillbilly homebrew, moonshine has led a whisky renaissance, says…

Alice Water’s quiet slow food revolution

Still Waters Runs Deep For the past 40 years Alice Waters has led a revolutionary campaign to change the way…

Spear’s herby tabbouleh recipe

Emily Rookwood I use herbs in practically everything I cook — and why wouldn’t you with so many available to…

Food Friday Recipe: Light Summer Supper

Emily Rookwood Linguine with lemon, garlic and courgette (serves 2) For the pasta100g 00 flour and 1 egg per serving(Or…

London restaurant openings to look out for

It might be the summer holidays, but the restaurant industry’s out of office is firmly off and the new openings…

Simon Rogan’s L’Enclume is turning Cartmel in Cumbria into a foodie hotspot

Some like it haute Remote but remarkable, Simon Rogan’s two-Michelin-starred restaurant L’Enclume is Cumbria’s answer to El Bulli, only better…

Come flood or fire, how to keep your vintage wines safe

While a Martini may be taken shaken or stirred, few wine-lovers want their prized bottles of Romanée-Conti to be either,…

Best restaurants in Dubai

Whether you prefer French gourmet cooking, Asian fusion, Japanese or Mediterranean style, Dubai has the means to satisfy your appetite.…

Élysée Palace wine cellar auction fetches vintage prices

Margaret Kemp reports from the sale of the French president’s wines in Paris last week, where classics of the cellar…

Sommelier Gerard Basset on Fine Wines and Hotel TerraVina

IT’S EASY TO think you are navigating to some impossible-to-find foodie restaurant in the Loire Valley when you approach Hotel…

Alain Ducasse’s Louis XV Turns 25 with Galaxy of Star Chefs

With 300 Michelin stars between them, it was only right that 240 chefs gather in Monaco to pay tribute to…

Chef Claude Bosi of Hibiscus: Calm As Ever

He looks French, he sounds French, but Claude Bosi isn’t like other Frenchmen. William Sitwell meets a Michelin-starred curmudgeon, honorary…

Restaurant Review: Colbert, Sloane Square

FIFTY SHADES OF GRAVY CONTINUED As I continue upon my path as a gastro-submissive I notice that the old site…

Guest Recipe: Oeufs en Meurette by Timothy Mawn

At this point, I should mention, the spell check on my computer is in meltdown as it is sadly monolingual.…

Natto: The Superfood With Some Un-Super Side Effects

While bacteria-fermented beans may sound unpleasant — and god knows their side effects are unpleasant — natto is a healthy…