What could be more authentically working class than an entire neighbourhood named after a beer? Seefhoek has kept its gritty character against the forces of gentrification decades after Seef, its iconic foaming raison d’etre, was consigned to oblivion. Like the 100 or more Antwerp breweries that once made it or a similar beer. The recipe […]
Gooseberries replace tomatillos in the classic Mexican salsa, according to the gospel of Santiago Lastra. I pair it with oxtail
Whisky tasting and Anglo-Saxon culture combine in the must-visit Northumbrian attraction Ad Gefrin
Dishoom has opened in Leeds to great acclaim. Neil Sowerby tracks down the lamb dish it has chosen especially for the new restaurant
One of the delights of our recent trip to Bologna was emerging from our apartment one Sunday morning in search of coffee to find a buzzing organic market on our doorstep. Just 12 hours earlier the Piazza Aldrovandi had been swarming with carousing students; now it was celebrating the equally vibrant food culture of the Emilia […]
En route to Impala through London’s Chinatown you run the gauntlet of lacquered roast ducks garnishing restaurant windows. From the humblest establishments to the Four Seasons, which trumpets its version as the world’s best. Switch from Wardour Street to Dean Street and you enter a different dining realm. It’s hard to resist dropping in on Jeremy […]
OSMA restaurant has been much missed. Now it is returning – to the Northern Quarter
Manchester Rum Festival is celebrating 10 years of merriment
Neil Sowerby celebrates a Lithuanian Pink Soup Festival by making his own
Bologna La Grassa is all I expected but other aspects of this historic Italian city are equally satisfying