Something for the weekend November 27, 2014 AMERICAN TREATS: THANKSGIVING AT THE MAZE GRILL With Josper-grilled turkey, honey roast parsnips and delicately spiced pumpkin soup, Gordon Ramsay is beating the yanks at their own game with the Thanksgiving menu at his Maze Grill restaurant. Three courses £35; gordonramsay.com/mazegrill ROMANTIC FUN: SOMERSET HOUSE ICE SKATING Christmas wouldn’t be christmas without skating at Somerset [...]
Mince pies with a very Spanish twist by Salt Yard chef Ben Tish November 25, 2014 Ben Tish, executive chef of Salt Yard, Ember Yard, Opera Tavern and Dehesa talks mince pies. I was brought up on mince pies. My gran made them with puff pastry and they were amazing. After she passed away my parents switched over to M&S ones. I’ve always loved them and I’ve always cooked [...]
Ice: We celebrate the frozen friend of cocktail drinkers the world over – Mix it up November 25, 2014 We all get by with a little help from our friends. Behind every phenomenal sports person there’s a host of coaches and physios; every celebrated chief exec relies on lesser-celebrated staff to succeed; and every famous bartender needs a team of bar-backs to prep the garnishes, load dishwashers and dry the glasses. Exceptional talent [...]
Christmas for food lovers: The best new cookbooks November 24, 2014 There is no shortage of cookbooks emerging in time for Christmas. We pick out some of our favourites, featuring mouth-watering cuisine from across the globe. MEXICO Margarita Carrillo Arronte You haven’t tried pulled pork until you’ve tried it Mexican style. That’s just one of the dishes in this bible of Mexican cooking from [...]
Car review: Volkswagen’s new Passat 2.0 TDI SE is beaking into the family car elite November 24, 2014 Volkswagen’s new Passat challenges its premium rivals in a bid to become the vehicle of choice for families. It’s tough to break into the “elite” family car market. Audi, Mercedes Benz, BMW and Lexus have got it pretty well sewn up. In fact, nobody else really comes close. But I drove a [...]
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A day in the life of a chef on the world’s finest yachts November 23, 2014 It sounds like a dream job, but serving food on the high seas to the world’s elite comes with its own challenges. People assume being a chef on a super-yacht – the kind you see in Hello magazine – is a dream job. In many ways they’re right, of course. But it’s not [...]
48 hours in… Monte Carlo: Gamble at the Casino, drink at Jimmy’z and unwind at the Hermitage Hotel November 23, 2014 WHERE TO STAY If you’re visiting the heart of exclusivity and luxury, then make the most of it by staying in a Belle Epoque style palace. Built in 1900, Hermitage Hotel is a historic monument filled with classical vintage furnishings. It’s situated steps away from the Casino Monte-Carlo and has direct access to the Thermes [...]
Tony Bevan at Ben Brown Fine Arts: The tree of life, death and the mind November 23, 2014 Painter Tony Bevan speaks ahead of his show at Ben Brown Fine Arts. Tony Bevan established a name for himself with blood-coloured self-portraits that snarled and gurned and twisted into the white of the canvas. Meeting him today, you’d be forgiven for asking, where are the devilish flared nostrils, the vast egg cranium [...]
Next generation: top five British painters to watch November 23, 2014 Gillian Carnegie With her black and white paintings of cats, bottoms, stairs and flowers, Camberwell graduate Gillian Carnegie turns hum-drum domesticity into scenes of elegiac beauty. Catherine Storey Conceptual painter Catherine Storey contrives connections between hollywood and the artistic movements of the twentieth century with abstracted paintings of early film equipment. Dexter Dalwood Dexter Dalwood [...]