Wine, food and other pleasures

A few days ago I had an interesting experience with a wine. It was a bit like reluctantly meeting up with an old acquaintance. My husband h...

It's been just over a month since our meal at Dinner and since then I've enjoyed observing (especially on Twitter) what a magnet...

I've been a keen cook for longer than I care to admit, as I started baking cakes on Sunday afternoons from the age of about seven. Pers...

Here in the UK there seems to be a big fuss at the moment about natural wines – strange, really, given that natural wine bars are already q...

The London restaurant scene is full of big names and big egos. Jeremy Lee of the Blueprint Café does not fit these descriptions, despite...

Yesterday I heard some particularly sad news – the Notting Hill Gate branch of Oddbins was due to close last night. Oddbins has been in a f...