• Bread Has Met Its Maker 2 Dec 11

    It’s overtaken two classic fillings already and is now giving jam a few sticky moments. Who would have thought that raw fish and rice would be taking on the great British sandwich as the... Read More

  • Food, Glorious Food 21 Oct 11

    It’s an ambitious project, but Clarissa Dickson Wright embarks on a comprehensive history of the history of English food with no evident shred of fear. She begins with a chapter entitled Bacon... Read More

  • The Best Restaurant In Hertfordshire 10 Oct 11

    The Bricklayer’s Arms has been presented with the award for best restaurant in Hertfordshire by the readers of the Foodie Square Guide for 2011. This annual award is now in its ninth... Read More

  • Gold Top Service 5 Aug 11

    Housewives of the world rejoice – the door-to-door milkman is no longer threatened with extinction. Once the butt of more saucy jokes than your average seaside postcard, this rarely sighted... Read More

  • Welcome To The Year Of The Rabbit 21 Jan 11

    Chinese New Year falls in 2011 on 3 February. It’s a moveable feast, fixed according to a calendar that tracks both the Gregorian and lunar-solar calendar systems. And feast is literally the word... Read More

  • Feel Good Food 8 Oct 10

    With over two million students heading off to university this autumn on tight budgets and – if the rumours are true – armed with minimum culinary skills, toast will become a food staple for many... Read More

  • Full Of Beans 27 Aug 10

    At least we’ve beaten Portugal at something – although, sadly, the only cup it involves is of the beverage rather than the trophy variety. According to official statistics, the UK consumes... Read More

  • The Sweet Taste of Valentine's Day 5 Feb 10

    New to the UK market, this wine is produced by a small family-run New Zealand winery. Back in 1973 Hermann Seifried and his wife Agnes planted the first vines in the South Island – perservering... Read More

  • Bitter Sweet 22 Jan 10

    The Bitter Truth boys are part of a cocktail ‘renaissance’, looking back to when drinks were made with skill and balanced for you as an individual… back to the days before soda guns and mass... Read More

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