Category: Food & Drink

Cathedral

These are the pieces for a simple board game for two players. Not the sort of TV game like Traitors, a spectator game that goes on for weeks, or Diplomacy; another long, brutal game that takes ages too and may end in tears.

Pot Luck

I never met Quentin Crewe, I wish I had; journalist, author, restaurateur and adventurer, all done with the significant disadvantage of being diagnosed with muscular dystrophy as a child.

Top Hat

I cannot remember the Festival of Britain, I wasn’t quite born, but it has a lot to answer for.

Walking the Streets

  In Paris on Monday it was 15C and the sun was out. We walked from near the Palais Garnier to the base of the Eiffel Tower. May I digress and tell you that sentence has the names of two architects with structures named after them. This is not as usual as you might think.… Continue reading Walking the Streets

Serendipity

I am very fond of foie gras the production of which is illegal in many countries; generally ones that did not produce foie gras.

Classic French Cuisine

Like The Guardian I have poor circulation and get cold feet. Wool slippers with rubber soles are the answer.

Turkish Delight

There has been a tube strike this week, presenting an opportunity to visit neglected local restaurants for lunch.

Eat, Drink, Shop

Arrive in a lofty atrium with a bar and shopping, then totter up a broad staircase to the first floor where another shop melds seamlessly into an Italian restaurant.