My latest Covent Garden discovery is an Asian cookery school called School of Wok. So off I went for an evening of Wok & Roll. Oh yes! Our teacher Stefan started us all chopping the ingredients we needed for the dishes we were going to cook – with an incredibly sharp cleaver! I’m secretly lusting […]
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Time to catch up at The French Table in Surbiton
So today on my exploration of the different parts of London I’m heading out a bit into one of the suburbs. Surbiton is a short train ride from central London and my friend Sue lives there. Our families go back a long way, she was also born in Zimbabwe and our mothers are close friends. […]
The Cook with Biltong Club: Biltong tortilla – fusing Spanish and South African
What a great idea, even if I say so myself. Sitting on the bus on my way home from work I was thinking biltong…and wondering what other exciting recipes I could come up with when I remembered making a lovely Spanish omelette with chorizo. Brainwave…use biltong instead of chorizo. Spanish omelette (or tortilla) is an […]
A Saturday lunchtime treat at Joel Robuchon’s La Cuisine
So you may remember I had lunch at Heston Blummenthal’s Dinner (just awarded its second Michelin star, by the way) with Sarah, one of my travelling companions on our Italian extravaganza. Well, to cut a long story short, both our husbands suffered from serious food envy as a result of that dining pleasure, so our […]
Tapas and Cava at Condesa in Covent Garden
It’s been a while since I’ve had a chance to wander around Covent Garden with no agenda, taking in the sights and seeing what new delights I can discover. So yesterday when I had a Chinese cookery course there, I went in early and did just that. I’m pleased to say that my favourite part […]
My Spanish-style sausage stew
Today was one of those days when I look at what’s in my fridge and cupboard and try to come up with something exciting to make using all the ingredients. We have a fantastic local butcher called Peter (P J Frankland) who is just around the corner and he is (among other things) a specialist […]