How to get Greek food at home – and help two great causes
You can get an authentic taste of Greece and help two worthy charity causes – without leaving home. Lakis Greek Kitchen is an annual…
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How to eat a Michelin-starred chef’s food at home during lockdown
Frugality has been a keyword in my kitchen during lockdown – buying whatever ingredients have been available in the shops and making the most…
A new way to buy from independent producers
A brand new online market has been launched to make it easier to shop for food and drink from independent producers. Midlands-Based FLOC Market…
Here’s a way to enjoy restaurant quality food at home
Home-cooking has taken on a new feel during these locked-down days. We make do with tired vegetables that have been languishing in the fridge,…
How a supermarket chain is helping a Michelin-star restaurant through the coronavirus crisis
More than 30 staff at Solihull’s Michelin-starred Hampton Manor and Peel’s Restaurant have been been offered temporary jobs by a loyal client. The 45-acre…
No gnawing doubts about the High Field’s new menu
Gnawing on a bone should surely be enshrined as a basic entitlement in human rights legislation. Few eating experiences match the pleasure of finding…
Have you discovered this proper pub in the city centre?
There was a time when the Bull was popular with journalists from the old Birmingham & Mail headquarters in Colmore Circus. This was mainly…
We’ll have to wait longer for Dishoom to open in Birmingham
The opening of Birmingham’s long-awaited Dishoom cafe has been put on hold because of the coronavirus crisis. The eagerly-anticipated new outlet, located at One…
Quite probably Birmingham’s best steak
Some restaurants simply know what they’re about. They don’t seek to dazzle with adventurous combinations of ingredients, complicated modernist cooking processes or presentation that…
This place is an up-and-coming culinary star
At the risk of stating the bleeding obvious, good restaurants are about feeding people well. Yet too often frippery gets in the way, with…