Fermentation

Pickled Fred's Ben Lusty on how a monkey inspired his new restaurant

29-Aug-2017 By Rachel Graham

Launched last month by friends Ben Lusty and Can Turker, Pickled Fred is a Shoreditch-based pan-Asian restaurant that – as the name suggests – brings pickles and other ferments to the fore. As Lusty (pictured right) explains, they’ve even put them in...

Dish Deconstructed: Robin Gill’s Galician octopus

10-May-2016 By Hannah Thompson

Watch Robin Gill, chef-owner of newly-opened Counter Culture in London’s Clapham, demonstrate how to cook the restaurant's Galician octopus dish.

After hard work, why are English wines still missing from the wine lists?

30-Aug-2006 By Restaurant

UK winemakers have worked hard to attain a standard worthy of inclusion on restaurant wine lists. So, in a business that's gone potty for locally sourced produce, why is English wine still the exception rather than the norm? We live in a world ...