I adored Henry Harris’ Racine, a classic French restaurant located in in Knightsbridge, and went several times in the years before it closed (in 2015). You can read about three of those visits here (le grande bouffe) and here (
We have been using the same bread knife for well over 30 years. It was part of a set we bought shortly after we got married (back in 1994) and moved into our first house a few weeks afterwards. In the years since then we’ve replaced many of our other knives with new ones (including a Maoui Deba from I.O.Shen and a
If you are interested in getting to know some of Japan’s remarkable regional chefs and artisan producers, The Art and Craft of Japanese Cooking by Nancy Singleton Hachisu (Amazon UK |
We’ve been to Malta twice in the last couple of years, most recently for a glorious week in spring – perfect weather (dry and warm but not too hot), beautiful cities and historic attractions that were busy but not packed, glorious scenery with plenty of colourful flowers in bloom, and a great range of excellent restaurants to enjoy.
I’m not one for writing Top 10 listi...