#LondonBurgerBash 2: The Movie 10 Jul 2013 | 12:45 pm

 Don’t be fooled by the footage in Paul Winch-Furness‘ video of the second @BurgerMonday #LondonBurgerBash, held 7-8 April 2013 at Camden Town Brewery. I suspect Paul edited the video so that amongst ...

Shake Shack’s in London & So’s the Meyer Touch 2 Jul 2013 | 09:19 pm

Back in the early days of the Union Square Cafe, any difficulty first-time diners had reconciling the New York restaurant’s accolades with its informality rarely lasted through dinner. With a comprehe...

BurgerTuesday at Locanda Locatelli. Really. 11 Jun 2013 | 04:30 pm

 At my BurgerMonday pop-up dinners the guest chefs usually prepare up to 20 burgers at a time, no more. Giorgio Locatelli is more demanding. BurgerTuesdays at Locanda Locatelli require more hands and ...

5 Reasons to Love or Hate The Fish & Chip Shop 8 Jun 2013 | 05:12 pm

 Sustainability poses a great existential challenge for the great British fish bar. Not sustainability of fisheries, as serious an issue as that is, but sustainability of the independent, conscientiou...

Fortnum & Mason Online Food Writer of 2013 16 May 2013 | 02:41 pm

The messsage engraved under the lid of the silver hamper made it official: I’d been named Online Food Writer of the Year at the Fortnum & Mason Food & Drink Awards 2013. I accepted congratulations fro...

The Straight Dop on Mozzarella & Margherita 13 May 2013 | 03:45 pm

Order a Margherita at the best pizzerias of Naples and you typically get a pizza topped with fior di latte, a mozzarella made from cow’s milk. Don’t believe any Neapolitan who tells you the only mozza...

Espresso Salvation, 443 FT from British Museum 11 May 2013 | 04:07 pm

With a gleaming white La Marzocco FB80 espresso machine for an altar and a pop-up tent for a canopy, barista Gennaro Di Mattia presides on hallowed ground. When the clouds open a path for the sun into...

I’d Rather Wait for Fish than Have Fish Wait for Me 3 May 2013 | 03:49 pm

I fancy Poppies and it isn’t only because of the Collectif retro dress uniforms modelled by the Popettes, as owner Pops Newland calls his fetching, hard-working servers. I have full confidence in how ...

Top 5 Burger Car Crashes 1 May 2013 | 03:41 pm

Top 10 Fish and Chips in London 27 Apr 2013 | 03:12 pm

  When the cooked batter coats a fresh cod fillet in an even single layer and the frying time and temperature are right the fish effectively steams under its protective sleeve. The glorious result, di...