Last night my brother and I went out for a bite to eat. Both being fans of Russell Norman, owner of some of my favourite places to eat in London (Spuntino and Mishkins), we headed to his new offering, Ape & Bird, on Shaftesbury Avenue. This is his sixth opening since…
When I was trying to decide what dessert to make for my friends Louise and Tony last weekend, I couldn’t make up my mind between something rich and sweet or something clean and light. I started off my thinking I might do individual melting-middle chocolate fondants, then I thought I…
I am a huge fan of Nigel Slater and I loved his BBC series Simple Cooking. Each week had a different theme and one week’s theme was ‘soft and crisp’ where he talked about the beauty of contrasting textures. To demonstrate a dish with a soft centre encased in crispy…
