Charting the rise of Birmingham’s culinary star
When you’ve grown up in an environment in which meals were makeshift, you learn truly to appreciate the power of food. Its power to…
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Check out Birmingham’s latest pop-up restaurant
Stand by for a new Jewellery Quarter pop-up restaurant offering Spanish and Portuguese flavours. Ocho is serving a tapas menu inspired by Portuguese and…
Raise a glass to the world’s female wine experts
The wine trade is often mistaken as a male domain, its big beasts crusty old red-nosed codgers in tweed suits. But, as the world…
Check out these great city centre restaurant deals
The first city centre-wide celebration of Birmingham’s booming dining scene will take place next month. Flavour Fortnight recognises the city centre’s fantastic and diverse…
Two Glynn Purnell dishes that will cost you £4
Purnell’s Restaurant has revealed the two dishes they’ll be serving at this year’s Colmore Food Festival. The annual gives visitors the chance to sample…
Purnell’s: has it stood the test of time?
Many years have passed since I first ate Glynn Purnell’s food. First at Simpson’s when it was still in Kenilworth. Later at Hibiscus in…