Food and Drink

The full English is a mainstay of British breakfast tables, but what is the recipe for the perfect plateful? According to new research, the ultimate fry-up contains two sausages, two rashers of bacon, fried eggs, mushrooms, toast, beans and fried tomatoes and red sauce, with fried bread and black pudding also considered essentials. But settling the age-old sauce argument, ketchup was the most popular condiment, with 42 per cent saying this is a key ingredient in a cooked breakfast, compared to just...

Often referred to a “the missing link”, Old Tom Gin is typically sweeter than London Dry and drier than Dutch Jenever. Although hugely popular during Victorian Britain, Old Tom had fallen out of favour until recently, yet it has resurged with the explosion of popularity surrounding gins in the UK (particularly London) at present. Yet, even so, there are still few Old Tom style gins readily available at the moment. A particularly impressive ‘Old Tom’ gin, however, is that from...

Joining the likes of Kurobuta, Yo! Sushi and Burger & Lobster, Zelman Meats is the latest addition to the fifth floor of Knightsbridge’s Harvey Nichols. Perched next door to Burger & Lobster, Zelman Meats is also owned by Russian restaurateur Misha Zelman, who also owns a chain of popular steakhouses - Goodman - and the alpha-male Beast in Marylebone. This particular branch, however, seems very much like an overspill space for those wishing to visit Burger & Lobster during peak...

I like coffee. I also know and appreciate the difference between good and bad coffee: an often necessary caffeine-fix to face the day ahead, and a great end to a meal that has been joined by copious amounts of wine. I do not, however, approve of the unbelievable level of pretension that surrounds coffee in 2016. There are far too many coffee shops that adopt frankly irritating names in a bid to draw the MacBook crowd away from Starbucks, roasting...

Brewed: Amsterdam, Netherlands Strength: 5% ABV Heavily inspired by the often forgotten history of Dutch brewing, using herbs, spices and fruits brought home by Dutch sailors, Lowlander Beer use botanicals during the brewing process of all of their beers. Named after the literal meaning of The Netherlands (‘Low Lands’), the brewery source all of their botanicals, herbs and spices from Jacob Hooy, the oldest spice store in Amsterdam and intend to ‘create great tasting beers which are full of both...

Forget your run of the mill varieties, a new brand of "audaciously luxurious" crisps has launched putting Champagne, truffle, port and Wagyu Beef on the market. Savoursmiths clisps have launched a new breed of crisp with skin-on potato crisps in unashamedly flamboyant flavours.  Made with home-grown produce from the family farm in Cambridgeshire and hand-cooked in small batches, the crisps are available in four unique editions, each one created with the most deliciously decadent ingredients from across the globe. The Champers &...

There's an enormous moral gulf between food producers and consumers, according to the founder & director of vegan campaigning charity Viva!. New research has revealed millions of Brits have no idea how their food is produced, and almost half would consider cutting back on meat, eggs and dairy products having known some of the practices used. Although it is standard practice to kill all male chicks on egg farms at a day or two old, two-thirds of people were unaware of it, with...

The Vegan Society have launched a new web app for World Vegan Month. A fun interactive project, the Veganalyser shows users how many animals they could save if they went vegan, as well as showing non-vegans how many animals they have saved already. Over 30,000 people have engaged with it so far, many sharing their results with their friends and leaving comments like these: I’ve been vegan for 1 year and 3 months and I have saved 61 animals. Made...

We all love a mind-boggling puzzle on a Friday afternoon, which is why we've sourced the latest one which is boggling minds… and tickling tastebuds. It features US rockers Red Hot Chili Peppers performing – with a selection of real chilis secretly sprinkled throughout the scene. We don’t want to give it away, give it away now but apart from the four Red Hot Chili Peppers themselves, there are 15 others – including green, red, Bird’s Eye, Chipotle, Scotch Bonnet and...