Authentic Focaccia
A same-day focaccia recipe with no preferment, trading some flavour complexity for convenience.
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Bellota bravura
Bellota in Bury St Edmunds delivers exceptional Spanish fine dining with flair. Highlights included Iberian pork secreto and a pear, olive oil mousse & fig cake dessert. Warm, charming service ensures it’s a restaurant destined for wider acclaim.
Harvest Season
We spent hours in the orchard gathering apples, pears, and tomatoes, a project begun in 2015 on a barren paddock. Now thriving, it has benefited from this summer’s record heat, which boosted yields.
99 problems but lunch ain't one...
Vittles is one of the best guides to London and your go to for obscure, unusual and authentic food. Their lunch guide is perfectly judged and the perfect antidote to the convenience bias of Pret.
London Mooch
Rochelle Canteen never fails: octopus braised with a surprising herbal sweetness, cod over creamed corn, and the walled garden in summer at its best. Clever, comforting food without ego.
Love Kebabs. Hate Entitlement.
It’s hard to disagree with Mangal II: too many diners confuse hospitality with servitude, and feedback with public flogging. Weaponised reviews, no-shows, and performative outrage are detrimental to the fragile economics of independent restaurants, pushing them ever closer to the brink.
Of beautiful and radical acts
The satisfaction of growing your own against the odds coupled with the dawning realisation that you're not the apex predator in your own garden.
Food and Memory
When people die, they live on in our hearts, but the truth is, at Christmas, they often live on as heartburn, too.
The Most Important of Lists
The philosophical quandry of quantifying a list of the top 25 most influential recipes.