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Suka at the Sanderson, 50 Berners Street, London W1

Sunday, 8 November 2009

They say the best things come in small packages – but nobody said anything about the enormous bill

Typhoid, tyranny and tax havens: The truth behind America's trendiest drink

Sunday, 8 November 2009

Fiji Water's environmental and ethical credentials have seduced the A-list, from Paris Hilton to the Obamas. But there lie dark secrets behind the shiny veneer – from the Chinese plastics plant in which its bottles are manufactured to the brutal dictatorship under whose auspices it is produced

Anthony Rose: 'To compete with the Wine Societies of this world, you have to deliver good quality at a reasonable price

Saturday, 7 November 2009

Are you in the club? The wine club, that is? Until recently, there was only one major home-delivery service in it– and that was The Wine Society, the venerable Victorian, non-profit-making organisation, whose Postman Pat-like vans deliver high-quality wines to grateful households the length and breadth of the country. You have to have a share to be a member, but a £40 share is a small price to pay for handsome dividends over a lifetime. I say until recently, because for my money, the other hugely successful wine home-delivery specialist, Laithwaites, never really looked like offering the same degree of consistent value.

Nibble nirvana: Mark Hix's bite-sized brilliance and tapas treats

Saturday, 7 November 2009

In the bar below my new restaurant in Soho, we are developing lots of delicious small plates of nibbles and snacks. We tend to just call them "snax", but the influence has pretty much come from the Spanish tapas which most people know and love. Tapas began life as free nibbles at bars in Spain – they would usually consist of the fishermen's by-catch of small fish, which would be put on the bar-top to encourage more drinking. In small villages, men would go out on a tapeo to different bars, drinking and nibbling on tasty free morsels.

Wine: Something for the weekend?

Saturday, 7 November 2009

The ten best autumn cook books

Thursday, 5 November 2009

Chosen by Jim Cook

A spicy little vintage: Can wines tailor-made to suit Indian food persuade us to ditch the lager?

Thursday, 5 November 2009

It's National Curry Week again next month, and aficionados of Indian restaurants may be startled to find themselves being coaxed to reconsider their choice of drinks by waiters newly appointed as sommeliers. For the reflex choices of old, lager and pinot grigio, are not necessarily the best accompaniments to fine food from the subcontinent. At least, that's the belief of two competing factions who say the ideal partner is a purpose-designed wine.

Only 50 baking days to go: Why making your own Christmas cake and pudding is a surprisingly exact science

Thursday, 5 November 2009

All at once I am not so sure this was a good idea. Go to Yorkshire, I'd been told, to Betty's famous tea shop in Harrogate, and they'll teach you how to make a Christmas cake and pudding. Do it now and they will be nicely matured by the festive season. They can teach anyone. Even you.

On The Agenda: We're going back in time for a dalliance with dial-up and an Aled Jones-themed Christmas

Sunday, 1 November 2009

Cepes appeal: Skye Gyngell goes wild for the earthy delight of wild mushrooms

Sunday, 1 November 2009

It has been a good year for mushrooms. The porcini in these photographs were found in the woods not far from our restaurant – we collected five kilos. Just a couple of weeks ago, I was in Holland for a day and was given another six kilos by a man who had a biodynamic farm near Amsterdam.