This is an absolute classic. I was first introduced to it by Joe McCanta, the brand ambassador for Grey Goose, when he did an excellently boozy masterclass at Shoreditch House. It's such a simple cocktail and tastes just incredible - really refreshing and actually kind of like champagne in a weird way and not at all like a vodka and soda. You will need: One shot elderflower cordial One or two shots of Grey Goose vodka Squeeze of lime Soda water Shake all the ingrdients bar th

Brunching is fast becoming one of my favourite things to do on a weekend. D&D seem to be excelling themselves at creating lovely lovely places in which to eat a selection of delicious brunch dishes whilst quaffing as many fizzy wine based drinks as humanly possible, and I for one am thrilled about it. Last weekend saw four hungry, prosecco hunting women descend on their latest outpost - South Place Hotel in the city - to take advantage of their very silly brunch offering, and

My friend Julia and I made these recently as a bit of a change from drinking gallons of white wine, and it was a good decision. Shoreditch House often do them in the summer, so we made an educated guess at the recipe and it turned out pretty well. I'd made Julia chilli vodka for Christmas, so she bought that over but you could just as well use plain and up the fresh chilli content... Ingredients: Fresh NOT FROM CONCENTRATE tropical juice Chilli vodka Fresh chillis Cuarenta Y

If you haven't signed up to Emerald Street's brilliant daily mail outs, then I suggest you do so sharpish. They very helpfully pointed out recently that New Street Grill offers a NYC style Sunday brunch; translation - all you can drink prosecco and amazing food for the teeny tiny sum of about £30. My friend Julia and I had already experienced this sort of phenomen at SoHo House in New York and we were damned if we were going to pass up the opportunity to do so again. So, fou