FOOD+DRINK

Recipes, reviews, farms and tables

Offaly good | Review: Osteria del Mirasole, Persiceto

Offaly good | Review: Osteria del Mirasole, Persiceto

by David J Constable

"It was everything it should have been, flavoured with butter and the sex organs and protein-rich filtration system of a now pulverised poultry liver"

Le pop-up extraordinaire | Review: ADMO, Paris

Le pop-up extraordinaire | Review: ADMO, Paris

by Derek Guthrie

"Golly. Chefs collaborating to celebrate European camaraderie. Trés Bon"

In like Flint | Review: The Flint House, Brighton

In like Flint | Review: The Flint House, Brighton

by David J Constable

"I won’t bang on about anchovies now, it isn’t the place, but I’m a fanatic for them"

Normcore | Norman’s Cafe, London

Normcore | Norman’s Cafe, London

by David J Constable

"Yes, gimmee some of that carbohydrate overload, rivers of vegetable oil and gloopy cheesy-bean combos"

Effervesce sense | Karen Krizanovich on all things Bond and Bollinger

Effervesce sense | Karen Krizanovich on all things Bond and Bollinger

by Karen Krizanovich

"This summer, I popped into The Bloomsbury Hotel’s Coral Room to witness people so happy to be out of lockdown that the scene was literally Bacchanalia"

Brace! Brace!

Brace! Brace!

by David J Constable

'The Green Star means, well, I don’t actually know. Who does? The whole eco-green thing is a mainstream perversion right now'

Eat two Brutto

Eat two Brutto

by Derek Guthrie

"Most new restaurants desperately fashion social media-friendly dishes but Brutto eschews such frippery"

The best of birthday feasts | The Fordwich Arms, Canterbury

The best of birthday feasts | The Fordwich Arms, Canterbury

by David J Constable

"Mum sighs a defeatist sigh, the bread having caught up with her. Instead, she sneaks the choccy orb into her handbag for later"

Maritime for dinner | The Pumproom at Copper Rivet Distillery, Chatham

Maritime for dinner | The Pumproom at Copper Rivet Distillery, Chatham

by David J Constable

"Back then, it was a riotous and unlawful place, a lethal cocktail of soldiers, sailors, whores and booze"

KO’d | Ikoyi, London

KO’d | Ikoyi, London

by David J Constable

"How best to define this restaurant? Don’t bother"