• Sexy in season ingredients

    Here’s a bunch of (very) brief recipes for any of you who saw mine and Poppy’s in season vegetable list in the print issue and may have felt somewhat confused. These are brief I grant you but they have just about enough direction to allow you to carry out...
  • Haven of desserts – Heavenly Desserts on Angel Row

    Tucked away between Rooster’s and Maccy’s on Angel Row in Nottingham city centre exists a gem: Heavenly Desserts. Somewhat inconspicuous from the outside, we entered an elegant and neutral toned franchise similar to a hotel lobby and were greeted by Gonçalo Santks, the assistant manager. While other customers were...
  • Son of Steak – The new generation of steak has arrived

    If you haven’t yet explored the many gems of Nottingham, Trinity Square is where your adventures should begin, starting with Son of Steak – a magnificent up and coming steakhouse. This restaurant has steak like no other and truly shows that it is how you cook a steak that...
  • Dolcino! The traditional Italian Gelateria we’ve needed

    The first thing you should probably judge a food establishment on is their food, and I’m gonna lay a spoiler warning here: this review will be a recommendation for Dolcino! So let’s get into it! The first thing we sampled was the waffles, topped with chocolate syrup, ice cream...
  • Stews, Breads, and Red Gold. Are you Hungary yet?

    I thoroughly believe that to really get a taste of a country, you have to do exactly that. When I think of the great cuisines of the world, I initially think of Italian, French and Indian. Last summer I took a trip to Budapest, and the food was just...
  • Charcoal: Naughty gone nice?

    From its debut in your Christmas stocking for relentless naughty behaviour (you know who you are, you bad, bad people!) to your dinner plate: we are now welcoming charcoal into the foodie world of 2017. It is the lumps used to help fire up the barby in summer. We...
  • Don’t Blame the Hooters Girls

    Nottingham: a great Anglo-Saxon settlement. A manufacturing powerhouse, an important historical site. Also, the proud owner of the only Hooters in the UK. I was quite confused when my friends suggested Hooters for lunch on the second day of their visit. I couldn’t imagine why any self-respecting, educated woman...