London is the ideal playground for women who are solvent and young at heart but old enough to know better. Liz Hoggard opens her little black book for this discerning band of pleasure-seekers... more
Tompkins sends out enough mixed messages to sink a flotilla. The name suggests a quaint Fifties butcher but the décor is more Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.... more
From sheep-tail kebabs in Fallujah to engine-oil crisps in Baghdad, Wendell Steavenson has eaten her way round the world's trouble spots and survived... more
Official list of food requested by FA to fuel Fabio Capello’s finest in South Africa reflects modern fiery tastes with Tabasco sauce, Wasabi paste, chilli dipping sauce and English mustard all in the line-up... more
The staff at Tom Pemberton's restaurant Hereford Road are delightful and the menu style will be familiar to anyone who has been to St John and spin-offs Anchor & Hope and Great Queen Street.... more
With its pressure-cooker sense of enclosure, and action that takes place predominantly in two rooms, Swimming With Sharks is an ideal candidate for stage adaptation, says Nick Curtis.... more
There is a real vogue for chilli sauces at the moment and we are rapidly becoming aficionados. No longer will a dash of the brilliant Tabasco always suffice.... more
A bad oyster is a very expensive, and potentially dangerous, mistake. For a sublime flavour, seek out the oyster sellers with pearls of wisdom, says Rose Prince.... more
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