The Urban Foodie

I came across this magazine a year or two ago, and have to say it is right up there in front, as the arbiter of food culture and food cool i...

Well this isn't a poem, nor a recipe really (well technically it is, but I don't remember it), but it's simply a shortbread made...

Gramercy Park really is where I think I belong (well if I had a spare few million dollars or 10). It oozes a serious amount of salubriousnes...

On a recent business trip to New York, I found myself jet-lagged and in need of early morning cultural stimulation. Well the Farmer's Ma...

As I guess Spring is finally here, this is the time of the year when I start to take confidence in my nascent baking/pastry making skills. I...

This weekend's sunshine had me craving one thing in particular - squid. For me, warm weekends are all about the smell of crustaceans and...

I really adore courgette flowers. It probably has a lot to do with their lightness of flavour, that delicate courgette green-ness, and their...

Of the 'tapas' dishes I created, this was very simple and constructed around a beautiful piece of Cabrales Cheese bought at Brindisa...

Of the five dishes that I created last weekend, the White Beans with Chorizo is in essence a typically Spanish dish, full of robust flavours...

The posting order is a bit back to front, but this dish is the culmination of what had been a wonderful cooking day at my friend's apart...

Having found myself at Borough Market this weekend, amongst the crowds and Spring sunshine, I happened to bump into a good friend, who duly ...

I saw this at the weekend, and just needed to write about it. This film is utterly beautiful, erudite and seductive. Perhaps one the best fi...

I don't think there is a food experience for me that is more satisfying than to sit at a table with wonderful friends and enjoy the perf...

Firstly I just want to say a huge congratulations to the 2010 Masterchef winner - well done Dhruv, you are an incredible cook! Secondly, I t...