When I was younger I was obsessed with the idea of getting flowers. I mean obsessed. I think it had something to do with the way that I would see my mom’s face light up when she received flowers from my father. I just knew, at an early age, that there was an importance there. Being the recipient of a…
The first time I heard the name Dominique Ansel was over the phone, in conversation with a friend living in Manhattan. She was telling me about her $200 pastry experience. Her words: “I can’t look at myself in the mirror right now. I spent $200 on a Cronut.” Now, these were the days before news of the famous Cronut has…
I ate something called the Roadkill Burger today. Truly, is there a better sentence to start any story with? Yes, I ate, and survived, Bobo Social’s Roadkill Burger. I’m on a new journey and it’s all about the element of “new.” I’m trying new places to dine, as often as possible, and I’m stretching out my palette by ordering things…
I have been back from Maine for exactly six days. Six days, people, and I’m already eating lobster again! I mention this because the lobster I had today, on the roof terrace of John Lewis, on Oxford Street, tasted as if I was eating it on my back porch in Maine. Yes, the rumours are true. B.O.B’s lobster rolls are…
West Londoners, allow me to introduce you to your official summer hangout – Pergola on the Roof in White City… Now, I must start this by saying I have heard about this nowhere, seen no advertising and can’t claim that any little secret squirrels told me. I learned about Pergola on the Roof the old fashioned way – I drove…
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