Recipes
This recipe is so not mine I’d hate hate to actually repeat it here. I can post a link, though, to Heston Blumenthal’s brilliant spaghetti carbonara recipe (with handy …
Chablis
I swiped this from the partner’s collection whilst he is in Estonia. Sssshhhh! Don’t tell him! I need wine for my guest. This is not quite, at least on …
General
My mother was recently in Australia visiting my sister and brought back some of what she claimed was the best lime marmalade she had ever tried. She is clearly …
Non-alcoholic
I neck about a litre of Diet Coke a day; the anti-psychotics I take sedate me and I rely on caffeine to lash my mind into a less moronic, …
Perry
The best thing I had at the shamefully inadequate Hix Oyster and Chop House was this drink. Weston’s Perry, 7.4% A lovely, lively nose of delightfully fresh pears. The …
Egomania
The Elitist Review editorial team took a visit to the London Wine and Spirits Trade Fair last Thursday. Here we are: In that picture we are drinking tasting Taylor’s …
Rhône
I really enjoyed Domaine de Thalabert Crozes 2006 from Jaboulet at the wine trade fair on Thursday and, of course, every bottle of Graillot is a delight, but this …
Drivel
Ceramics
If you are in London and you haven’t been to Collect yet, you need to get yourself over there this evening or tomorrow; it is wonderful. Clearly the best …
Fast food
Daniel and my chum Keithy have been raving about the sandwiches at Fuzzy’s Grub for a while, so I was terribly pleased to be cruising past one of their …
