How to Mix: Legendary explorer Francis Drake inspired this beery mojito at the London Edition’s Lobby Bar November 1, 2018 Beer has seeped into every crack and crevice of London’s food and drink scene. From beer pairings with tasting menus to beer-flavoured desserts, the amber stuff isn’t restricted to pints in the pub anymore. But the Lobby Bar at the London Edition Hotel on Berners Street has taken it one step further and popped some [...]
Just Eat warns on profits as it burns cash to compete with rivals November 1, 2018 Online takeaway giant Just Eat's share price climbed this morning, despite a warning to investors that efforts to fight off rivals Deliveroo and Uber Eats would take a chunk out of the company's profits. Branching out into markets in Latin America, investing in its own delivery network and acquisitions are likely to weigh on earnings, the FTSE [...]
The Drinks Master: Our columnist from Le Cordon Bleu is here to help confused Christmas preppers choose a dessert wine November 1, 2018 Choosing a dessert wine is often a topic that comes up at the end of a meal. While most of us know what we like in the way of a red, white or rose, it is the sweet wines that can leave people a bit baffled. Mulled wine is synonymous with Christmas; there’s nothing more [...]
The death of the sandwich: Britain’s favourite lunchtime meals October 31, 2018 Growing demand for a more luxurious lunch among London workers is causing headaches for the sandwich market. Salad has been elevated to Britain's favourite lunchtime food, it has been claimed. The humble sandwich has been an internationally renowned staple of British cuisine for centuries – but times are a-changing. A survey of 1,133 workers by Spitalfields Market revealed [...]
From cricket paté to worm salad, insects are the planet-saving diet of the future October 23, 2018 The health trend is a peculiar thing. Societies have long been captivated by the latest in-vogue recipe or ingredient, often for calorie-reducing and appearance reasons. From the Victorian fad of adding arsenic to diet regimes, to 1920s tobacco companies promoting cigarettes as appetite-suppressants, trends designed to help the public lose weight have long been popular – [...]
DEBATE: Should the government set guidelines on meat consumption to combat climate change? October 16, 2018 Should the government set guidelines on meat consumption to combat climate change? Ben Glover, a researcher at Demos, says YES. Last week, the UN’s IPCC warned that to avoid disastrous levels of climate change we must make “unprecedented changes in all aspects of society” – including cutting meat consumption. That’s because livestock counts for about [...]
The Drinks Master: Why whisky is the big cocktail mixer of 2018 – whatever gin fans might think October 15, 2018 Everyone is talking about gin, but it’s whisky that’s quietly dominating the British spirits market. It reclaimed its top spot this year – from vodka rather than gin – as Britain’s favourite spirit, selling 2.7m more litres than the year before. That’s an extra 54m neat drams, whisky gingers, manhattans, and old fashioneds. But there’s [...]
Working Lunch: We try the three course foraging feast at Native’s new home near Borough Market October 9, 2018 Native 32 Southwark Street, SE1 WHAT AND WHERE? Native recently got into a spat with its neighbours in Covent Garden, so has moved to a new home near Borough Market. And it’s gorgeous – low-key, exposed brick with leafy vines climbing the walls; rather like eating in a secret courtyard. The food’s an attempt to [...]
The Green Room review: Find out what corporate hospitality means at the Kia Oval before you fork out to impress clients October 3, 2018 The last time I sat in a corporate box, it was miserable. A relative who worked for a bank had been offered tickets to a Muse gig at Wembley Stadium and invited me along as box meat to fill the space. At the time, I was a fan of the Devonshire space rockers, but I [...]
Our resident chef Mark Hix on what to do with all that nice stuff you scoop out of your gourd October 2, 2018 It’s almost Halloween and we’re about to undergo a form of international mass hysteria, buying a shed-load of pumpkins, scooping out all the lovely edible bits, putting them in the bin and carving faces into the remains. Madness. Pumpkins and squashes are delicious, and they deserve better than being unceremoniously ditched in the name of [...]