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Come rain, hail or shine, pâté makes for a perfect plate
Clare Latimer prepares two pâtés – simple to make and sure to pleas
WE are into a funny time of year when the weather can be boiling hot or quite chilly so either way these pâtés can... > more
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Asian
Cuisine
Katana, London WC2
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Modern
European
The Rock Garden, London, WC2
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Modern European
Fire & Stone, London, WC2
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Modern
British
Bank Aldwych, London, WC2
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Loire and order? The French on a mission
They’re hugely popular and widely available across the Channel, but wines from the ‘French Nile’ take a little more finding over here
LOIRE wines are big sellers in Paris, but often under-rated and unobtainable in... > more |
A renaissance for Hungarian wines - YET again we discovered excellent wines, as usual most are not available in London. Made by small producers, such... > more
Let a sunny egg yolk brighten up your mealtimes - EVER since I started keeping chickens in London I have become much more fussy about the colour... > more
Supermarkets and the price of wines - THE Competition Commission’s inquiry into supermarket power and its effects on food and drink retailing has issued... > more
Pudding on the style this Christmas - Having just made hundreds of Christmas puddings to sell I feel I should let you have the recipe in case you feel like... more >>
Michael's taste test - ENGLISH wine writing is focused more on individual preference than on how wines are produced or the... more >>
Mix and match if you are nuts about nuts - There is certainly an autumn aroma in the air now and that gives me the image of country lanes, leaves turning a rich... more >>
It's wine-making as it should be - WE arranged a tasting of wines from south-west France in July for the... more >>
It's all coming up rosés in the heat - THE recent hot weather raises the question of what we can safely drink. As a diuretic, alcohol contributes to dehydration...more >>
Cool delights to go with your Spanish mains - I have always had a great affection for Spain ever since my godmother went over there and opened...more >>
Treats for us stay-at-homes - A GREAT many people have flown their nests for August but for the ones of us left here it is a glorious time as London becomes... more >>
Serge’s wines from the war-torn Bekaa Valley - SERGE Hochar is used to war. Since he took over his father’s Bekaa valley vineyard in 1959 there have been six... more >>
A taste of the great outdoors - AL fresco eating is always fun. Make the effort to get the BBQ smouldering as the good weather won’t last forever and you will... more >>
Kidding around with holiday food - SO few children are interested in cooking these days and this is partly due to the fact that families don’t make time to cook... more >>
A story in (nearly) every wine bottle - INDEPENDENT wine merchants have had a rough time as supermarkets have encroached on their trade. more >>
A berry nice time to pick your own fresh fruit and veg - THERE is an abundance of homegrown summer fruit and vegetables in... more >>
Remembering the great chef Carrier - Robert Carrier died on June 27. His heyday was my beginning and who better to guide me into a culinary world than... more >>
Global production hits the independents - THE American wine company E&J Gallo was until recently the largest wine maker in the world. more >>
Strawberry fields forever... - With the Wimbledon finals coming up this weekend I think I will have to hit on the strawberry theme. more >>
The turbulent state of Australian wine - YET again wine is in the news. The TV and newspapers all carry stories on the plight of European winemakers. more >>
Kim has a sweet thing going on - THE bewildering display of multi-coloured glass jars stuffed with aniseed balls and palma violets, flying saucers and cola... more >>
Why not give Rabbit a try - A GIRLFRIEND and I decided to spoil ourselves and indulge in a really special pampering evening with good food. Where to go? more >>
A few tips on cooking tasty asparagus - IF you want to buy anything from herbs to electricity then get down to Regent’s Park on June 4 for the Green Festival...more >>
Bootlegging and the American Dream - The history of American wine has been a heroic struggle to produce anything drinkable, marked by the conflict between... more >>
Oh la la, Queen’s Crescent finds a French selection - QUEEN’S Crescent has always been my favourite market, particularly in the 80s... more >>
Between a rock and a hard place - WINE-MAKING has changed. Today’s wine market is part of a globalised industry. Thanks to skillful supermarket wine buyers... more >>
Fine and simple ways for healthy pan-fried fish - WELL, in my mind one of the most exciting things to happen in Primrose Hill in the last few years is the opening... more >>
Push
the season forward with a rhubarb delight - WALKING round the
a Farmers’ Market on Sunday I noticed some lovely fresh cauliflowers
and also fresh... more >>
Put a
spring in your step the fruity way - WITH spring peeping from
behind those snow-laden clouds I have decided to go a bit healthy
this week. more >>
Supermarket
specials - SUPERMARKET Wine Rules OK wrote Jane McQuitty in the
Times recently. She was responding to comments made in this column... more >>
Cookin'
up South African sunshine - I AM lucky enough to have just come
back from a wonderful restful holiday in South Africa. more >>
Choccy
delights for choccyholics - I CAN’T believe that I have not
mentioned chocolate in any recipe this year and as a chocoholic I’m
feeling withdrawal symptoms. more >>
Veggie
specials for feeding hungry guests - I WAS walking down Regent’s
Park Road the other day outside Sesame Health Food shop and a neighbour... more >>
A flipping
fabulous feast before Lent - SHROVE Tuesday is the last “fling”
before Lent. For a great many of us that does not mean too much – me included...more >>
Root out those jars,
it's marmalade time - Grab some Sevilles and get a fresh batch
of your favourite preserve on the go, says Clare Latimer. more >>
Blanc
is back on the shelf again - Sauvingnon Blanc almost disappeared
from the supermarket shelves – but now it’s back. more >>
Icing
on the cake for a lovers' feast - This Valentine’s Day spell
out just how much you love your amour, says Clare Latimer... more >>
Goodbye
Chardonnay, or is it merely au-revoir? - Once much-loved, Chardonnay
has now seemingly fallen out of favour with wine-drinkers... more >>
A
pair of great Oriental dishes - It's Chinese New Year – so what better time to get out the wok and spice things up?
asks Clare Latimer...more >>
George
'The Coffeeman' will fill you full of beans - Buy your
coffee from George Constaninou and you’ll never tire of the
daily grind writes Charlotte Chambers...more >> |
