The Foody Traveller
There is a lot of truth, at least for many of us, that we also ‘eat with our eyes’. I certainly would much rather have small amounts of appetising looking food on a plate rather than a plate piled high. I do of course reserve the right to go back and ask for a second […]
Last week Miranda and I met up in White City to try out Shola, a new Pakistani restaurant. Shola means “spark” in Urdu and with all the regeneration that’s currently going on, this area is certainly selling itself as sparky right now. A new theatre’s opening this summer, Imperial College has established its White City […]
A mere 80km from Paris is one of the most famous gardens in the world, Mary Bunning visited Monet’s garden in the little village of Giverny. During the autumn and winter a team of gardeners and volunteers will have been working away in a very special garden. Shrubs and roses will have been pruned, borders […]
Unless it is a phalaenopsis orchid, friends have long since learnt that the pretty pot plant they have just given me will probably be dead by the time their car has reached the end of the road. I have a fully justified reputation of being ‘bad with house plants’. However, Baylor Chapman’s book Decorating with […]
Established in 1979, the restaurant La Matelote is today very much part of Boulogne’s identity. It has held a Michelin star for 38 years. The secret of the restaurant’s success, apart from the stunning cooking and presentation of the dishes, is that Chef Tony Lestienne, who has been working in the kitchens since its conception, […]
A memorable short break to Israel for Gillian Thomas incorporated the sights of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Nazareth, yet it was a fish skimming water through a ray of sunshine on the Sea of Galilee that was to be her most treasured memory. With Israel’s extraordinary mix of historic sites, synagogues, churches and mosques, […]