...We at Editer.com love The Modern Pantry. We love the graceful proportions of its Georgian townhouse premises, the cool colours and minimal leanings of the decor, the little gourmet shop, the weekend b...
...It's aeons since making coffee meant grabbing a jar of Nescafe and popping the seal. These days, the provenance of your coffee beans is as important as the label on your wine. But once you’ve invest...
...I try to feed my family as much home-made bread as possible. Sometimes, during the week, I run out. I developed this recipe for those moments when I want fresh bread but don’t have the time for a le...
...Warming exotic spice and a dash of Oscars glamour ought to get the week off to a good start. The Little Mary is an interpretation of a 1920s classic by Claridge's bartender Dennis Broci: an Asian-insp...
...In our Venn diagram of delicious, good-value culinary classics, Spanish potato tortilla sits right in the sweet spot. We mean proper potato tortilla – not those claggy imposters that may, sadly, spr...
...Early for us, lateish for her, Claire Ptak answers the door of Violet Cakes, the cutest working bakery this side of a 1950s children’s book. There’s nothing in here that isn’t either pretty or c...
...As simple suppers go, brown crab on toast is a goody. It's a sustainable choice, available more or less all year round, and it's pleasingly straightforward, though you do need to give yourself plenty ...
...If you're fond of gin cocktails, you're bound to be familiar with the Negroni, the White Lady and the Tom Collins. Just as classic, but a little more rarefied, is the violet-scented Aviation, as prepa...
...Regarding such a simple-seeming recipe as roast chicken, we wouldn't fob you off with any old advice. We went straight to the top, to Rowley Leigh, the distinguished chef-patron of Café Anglais and t...
...'Traceability' is something we'd all like a side order of with our steaks, chops and mince. Guaranteed provenance is just one excellent reason why the self-respecting carnivore should cultivate a rela...
...A decade and more since the original Hakkasan opened off Tottenham Court Road, finally London is beginning to bristle with top-end Chinese restaurants. Sleek, ambitious HKK is a City newcomer from the...
...Among end-of-year thoughts published by London's most prolific eaters emerged avid collective gratitude for the long-awaited advent of good ramen, with Bone Daddies noodle bar on Peter Street in Soho ...
...On the fourth day before Christmas, my true love said to me: 'Where would you like to go for a glamorous, feelgood drink, darling?' And I said: 'Claridge's Bar – where else?' We at Editer adore the ...
...When we're doing our Christmas shopping saunter around the West End, we wouldn't miss a session in La Fromagerie's Marylebone store, to buy beautiful food presents, inhale fig smells, and become mesme...
...Editer food and drink expert Sophie Dening thinks of little else but restaurants, recipes, bread, wine and negronis, all year round. We asked her to select food-world treats to make your Christmas ext...
...At her HQ in Clapton, aka home sweet home, Lillie O’Brien makes uncommonly good jam. You may have seen it on sale at Leila’s Shop in Shoreditch, the Deli Downstairs in Victoria Park, or La Froma...
...'Mulled wine isn't just a drink – it's an aroma,' says Geoff Robinson, counting out his spices behind the bar at Happiness Forgets on Hoxton Square. 'What I love about making this is that it's so ev...
...We decided the most helpful thing we could do this week would be to give you a hand in the kitchen at your Christmas party. To our joy, Felicity Cloake, who does those brilliant, obsessive-in-a-good-w...
...The party season is upon us and, yes, we feel sparkly and glamorous but… there are definitely mornings when we need a bit of reviving, restoring and putting back together. We asked Miles Kirby, exec...
...Dabbous is famously the hardest reservation to secure in London right now (though our informers tell us that calling by in person usually fixes that). There is another way to get a piece of the action...
