London’s Mayha is a new Japanese hotspot omokase in Marylebone, offering an exciting 11-seater dining experience. Expect dishes such as prawn chawanmushi (steamed egg custard) and monkfish roe sushi made right in front of your eyes. Head chef Jurek Wasio has moved from Mayha’s Beirut outpost to London, and we caught up with him to...
Pubs are a great British institution – but many are facing challenging times. Here we bring together our favourite UK pubs, from West Lothian to Gloucestershire, that are well worth a visit. These are the types of places with local drinks behind the bar, charming beer gardens or cosy fireplaces and, most importantly, sink-back-in-your-chair-good food,...
Try a barrel-aged version of Greece’s famous cheese, says Patrick McGuigan, and you’ll discover the difference in flavour is an eye opener. The cheese expert explains what to look for in a good feta cheese and the most delicious ways to cook and serve it. Plus, Patrick shares his favourite fetas from Greece and a...
Cooking on a budget isn’t always easy. You spot a recipe, head for ingredients and before you know it, that basket is filling up. One way to keep the shopping list inexpensive (and the cooking time short) is by using fewer ingredients. Enter: our 5-ingredient recipes. We’ve pulled together 17 easy, healthy and budget meals that...
The London coffee scene has completely transformed in the last decade, with independent roasters and caffeine-purveyors springing up at an ever-growing rate. We take you through the best coffee shops in central, east, west and south London. From old stalwarts like Soho’s Bar Italia, to new Peckham locations with the nerdiest equipment shipped in from...
Can you really make bacon in the oven? Yes, you can! I will show you how to bake bacon in the oven with very little effort. When you make oven-baked bacon, there are no more splattering grease burns, the clean-up is super easy, AND it’s the best way to make sure each piece comes out perfectly...
Cooking on a budget isn’t always easy. You spot a recipe, head for ingredients and before you know it, that basket is filling up. One way to keep the shopping list inexpensive (and the cooking time short) is by using fewer ingredients. Enter: our 5-ingredient recipes. We’ve pulled together 15 easy, healthy and budget meals that...
Abel & Cole know what it takes to produce good food, and that’s why they don’t want a morsel of it to go to waste. When food waste is put into landfill and decomposes, it produces methane: a greenhouse gas up to 84 times more potent at heating our planet than carbon dioxide (ONS)....
You might not have heard of this Mediterranean town on the Cesme Peninsula but Urla, surrounded by olive groves and wine country, is known as the ‘Turkish Tuscany’. It’s attracting some of the country’s best chefs and, hot on their tails, clued-up food-loving travellers. It’s a fine place for a foodie break, says Susan Low. Following...
What’s for dessert? In my house the answer always comes with another question: do I have a beer to go with it? Puddings give us some of the most enjoyable (and perhaps unexpected) food pairings for beer. Think about a chocolate mousse with a raspberry beer’s tart sweetness, or the bold citrus hop in...