Veal can be divisive, as I wrote about here, but I really think it is time it properly came back. It's such a tasty meat and has the benefit of feeling a bit like a treat, and its nice to have a change from usual mature beef or steaks. I always use half veal and half pork mince for bolognese and it really makes a difference with a much more delicate and authentic flavour, and from time to time we splash out on a fancy veal chop from Ginger Pig as an alternative to a big old r

I've written before about the grotesque levels of breakfast I've been *forced* to eat during my time working in PR, but perhaps I should also have mentioned the frightening number of swish afternoon teas I've managed to imbibe during this time also. I've 'afternoon tea-d' at The Ritz (super touristy but nice and you can make piano requests ), The Savoy (nice), Sketch (meh but the new David Shrigley room and revamped tea is amazing) and many many more, but in the nine months I

This weekend sees the Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, turning into a foodie wonderland of Michelin starred treats with free flowing prosecco and more mulled alcohol than you can shake a stick at. From Friday to Sunday you will be able to sample Ernesto Paiva's gourmet Bubbledogs without having to queue for an hour on Charlotte Street, visit a life size Gingerbread House and steal GBBO contestants' secrets in the hands on Christmas baking masterclass. I'll be there making my way t

The beady-eyed among you will note that I have already mentioned MASH in the 'My Favourites' part of the site, so it will come as no great surprise that this is a glowing review of this glam steak house just off the Soho side of Regent Street. It is easily up there in the top three with Goodman's and Hawksmoor, but no one I ever speak to about it seems to have heard of it and this is astounding. Sure, it has a fairly modest exterior, but venture down the stairs and you will h

Since my first post on No Spaghetti Spaghetti, I have become obsessed with the majestic spaghetti squash and I do not use the term lightly. Spaghetti squash promises to be the stuff of a dieter's dreams, but last week I got ahead of myself and tried to cook spaghetti squash bolognese and it was NOT good. I used the same ragu recipe as always (Antonio Carluccio's - its the only authentic way - no tomatoes, no worcestershire sauce, no dried herbs) but alas, the spaghetti squash

Ali Nazik is one of my absolute favourite dishes at our local Turkish restaurant - which is incidentally, amazing. I thought it was just something they had created and it tastes like quite a complex blend of flavours so is hard to guess the ingredients, but on a recent jaunt to the homeland I spotted the same dish on the menu at their Turkish place, Bosphorus (also very good), which got me very excited. Upon googling it, it's actually unbelievably easy to make - essentially a

A recent Sunday saw me footloose and babyfree, so I headed East to meet the girls for what could possibly be one of my favourite Sunday activities: browsing Columbia Road flower market and then picking up some vintage bargains from Brick Lane. I got a Lara Bohinc clutch for a tenner - I almost felt bad taking it off him. After a busy day of retail therapy, and a small diversion into Dark Sugars for some unbelievable divine handmade chocolates - see below for a fancy mango in

Last night we found ourselves stuck in the City at rush hour with a pram, and with the thought of battling the crowds at liftless Bank station too much to bear decided to cut our losses and try to find somewhere for dinner. Our usual faves (the One Lombard brasserie / Coq d'Argent) were out of the question due to the baby and buggy situation, so we had almost resigned ourselves to finding a decent chain (Jamie's Italian / Byron) when we thought it worth a punt to ring up L'En

Everyone knows there's nothing more comforting than a big bowl of pasta, and for those of us on low carb diets this is quite depressing. Its fine in summer when you can happily kid yourself with one of these delicious courgetti dishes but for me, once it gets chilly the last thing I want to eat is a summer vegetable masquerading as pasta. Enter, November's wonder ingredient: the spaghetti squash. Now this fiercely autumnal vegetable is the answer to every paleo lover's prayer

Continuing in the search for London's ultimate pizza, I recently happened across an article in Time Out and was surprised to see an Italian restaurant mere minutes away from my house that I had never heard of - Mimmo La Bufala - being put forward for this very accolade. Somehow I must have walked past this lovely looking restaurant countless times without even noticing it, so this weekend we set out to remedy this straight away and booked a table for Saturday night. Any Hamps