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Here we go 2011
Apologies for the absence Voracious readers, it's been a hectic one already, and we're only three weeks in. Keep an eye out for Tales of East London, New York and the usual recipes, reviews and mishaps...
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Happy Birthday blog!
In November 2009, a certain editor suggested I should give up my career, throw it in to write and start a blog. So I did. To hell with pensions and a salary. And it was this time last year I took a...
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A Polpetto lunch
Polpo was the darling of London restaurant-lovers when she opened in 2009. Cutting through the ubiquity of the pizzas and pastas that have come to define Italian food, the breakthrough concept of the...
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Morito: Pre-Gig Tapas
Carrying on the theme of little sister restaurants, three of us popped round to Morito. Down London's food mecca Exmouth Market fellow giggers Harriet, Ianthe and I caught a quick supper there before...
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Olive Magazine's Media Must Have
Olive's Food Porn April Edition CoverIf I've been walking round with inane grin this week, it's because I'm ridiculously pleased to find out that Voracious is fabulous food magazine Olive's 'Media...
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6 Nations Rugby Rolls: Hot Pork with Caramelised Onions
I can’t help the porky posts. I know I’ve gushed about hot roast pork rolls here and no doubt I shall write about them again. I make no apologies, it’s an addiction. And it is rugby-time. Here’s a...
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Eyre Brothers, Shoreditch
*Warning. Another porky post*Eyre Brothers in Shoreditch. I’m too excited to give this place a full review as we only tried two dishes there - but I wanted to say that the two dishes we did have were...
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New York Tales: 1. The art of eating alone
I grew up on London suspicion.“Don’t talk to strangers”“Men that come up to you will kidnap you” (primary school aged six)“Don’t answer the doorbell especially on Hallowe’en”I’ve been slowly unpicking...
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New York Tales: 2. The Burger Brunch
Forget eggs benedict and fancy fries. When your insides are wincing from margarita pain - the burger’s where it’s at.I’m a maximalist when it comes to the burger. I once had a month’s stint in...
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A right Jersey Royal weekend
Though the union flags are down from frantic waving and we’ve peeled ourselves from the telly, we still have a few glorious days ahead of us to embrace that nationwide hangover. I’m certainly ready to...
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Bank Holiday Asam Udang (Tamarind Prawns)
Crete is unforgiving.As Professor Trefusis says in Stephen Fry’s The Liar, travel broadens the behind and my eight days on this craggy beaut of an island has certainly done that. Sixteen meals of...
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In praise of the doggy bag. Recipe: Leftover porterhouse steak salad
The doggy bag... (box) from Dean Street TownhouseHow English of us to be embarrassed by the doggy bag. Sweeping up those bits we’ve chosen not to scoff, taking them home to reheat dodgy-style in a...
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The Mayor of Scaredy Cat Town
There’s no denying the childhood fantasy with bars like The Mayor of Scaredy Cat Town. Stumble across unlikely room, find hiding place, open wardrobe, discover other world. Familiar? Yes, but swap...
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Les Deux Salons review and Ruth Ford's Must Drink!
It was an unfortunate decision - to celebrate his birthday on a Tuesday night. We should have just gone for late night Vietnamese. I like to think it was everyone else’s fault, Giles', Adrian's, Guy's,...
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Recipe: Squid, Chorizo and Broad Beans
It all started with Rupert Everett. He was in white T - the sort that only those who want to show off what’s underneath it wear. We were at the counter of J Sheekey Oyster Bar, Dee and I, feeling as...
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Phoenix Palace does good Dim Sum
BBQ pork puff pastryAs a child who tried resisting all things Chinese - violin lessons, the Last Emperor, belching at dinner - there was one thing that attached me like an umbilical cord to my...
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New Year's Hix
Lose yourself with a Nick Strangeway cocktail in Mark's Bar downstairs at HixI don’t make New Year's resolutions. I just don’t. Whether it’s down to laziness or divertive sensibilities, I’ve never been...
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Redhead Risotto: Porcini, Leek and Jerusalem Artichoke
Seventh floor, Tate Modern. The Redhead and I are perched on seats that are too tall for us. We’re drinking to keep warm - a carafe of something that would have cost us five college dinners ten years...
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New Leeks and Old Leeks: Two Recipes
Leeks with lemon and butter - half with a coating of cream cheese. Recipe belowI’m running out of things to do with the leek. This is usually a problem confined to the carrot (a guaranteed muddy staple...
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Green Mango Salad
I love the youth of a green mango salad. It’s a salad fresh and shouty, foolish and sweet as a wet-eared adolescent who’s just emerged from the flush of spotty teenagehood. It’s the taste of freedom...
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