From the category archives:

LLG Food

Summer couscous salad:chickpea,almond, pomegranate & feta

July 31, 2010 LLG Food

Maybe six years ago Bev made a couscous salad for my now goddaughter’ baby shower. I can’t remember any of the other ingredients, but the revelation for me was the inclusion of pomegranate seeds. I’d long had the fear about fruit in salads, not liking sweet & savoury food together (clearly I had been fed […]

Read the full article →

Garden Party Food: feeding the 5000…

July 29, 2010 LLG Food

I didn’t have much time to cook for the garden party lil’sis & threw for 50 people & 15 infants last Saturday. The plan was to cook all day on Friday, and have Saturday for organising & unpacking the Tesco home delivery before the guests arrived from 1pm. The plan upended when lil’sis had an […]

Read the full article →

Restaurant: Bar Lobo, Barcelona

July 29, 2010 LLG Food

When I was in Madrid back in May, I ate in a fantastic re-imagining of a traditional tapas joint, Bar Tomate (which I wrote about here). In a total coincidence, the excellent Hotel Omm where Miss P & I stayed in Barcelona two weeks ago is also owned by the same restaurant & hotel group, […]

Read the full article →

Food: Pa Amb Tomaquet in Barcelona

July 15, 2010 LLG Food

This is pa amb tomàquet, often called pa amb, Catalunya´s traditional bread & tomato dish. It´s a model of simplicity: the bread is rubbed with garlic, then with a tomato (or sometimes brushed with tomato pulp), then olive oil is drizzled over, followed by salt. Served at breakfast (the W Barcelona had bowls of tomato […]

Read the full article →

Omelette aux Girolles in Paris

July 10, 2010 LLG Food

Across the road from the Palais Royal is the Costes’ Café Ruc. A rubber-necking scene during fashion week, due to its proximity to the Carrousel du Louvre, the official show venue, it would be perfect if I wanted to eat mediocre, grossly overpriced food in a fishbowl atmosphere. But I don’t, so often divert to […]

Read the full article →

Recipe: Lentil, mozzarella & tomato salad

June 19, 2010 LLG Food

Another salad produced as a result of staring into the fridge, wondering what on earth to make for lunch. The work of minutes, thanks to (shhh) a can of lentils I found in the back of the larder, it’s a satisfying mix of textures and tastes. I’ve always cooked lentils from scratch — it’s hardly […]

Read the full article →

Recipe: Pineapple Granita — super quick and foolproof (I promise)

June 14, 2010 LLG Food

A granita is just frozen fruit & sugar. It’s not scary to make like ice cream, with all the worry that you’ll get ice crystals in it instead of creamy smoothness. This supposed to be rough & ready & granular. (This recipe is a bit of a cheat tho, as the high sugar content makes […]

Read the full article →

Saturday lunch: Fennel & chicory salad and Puy lentils

June 9, 2010 LLG Food

It never rains but it pours. Especially in my family. We are all sick at the moment. My father’s heart is playing up, lil’sis has had an MS relapse, I’ve got a tropical disease (we think, more results tomorrow) and poor Muv had a major op over the Bank Holiday weekend. Yup: mother & daughter […]

Read the full article →

Summer Rosé Experience at The Saatchi Gallery, London

June 3, 2010 Events

I like wine tasting. And I particularly like wine tasting in beautiful, spacious art galleries, surrounded by interesting people with vast amounts of delicious food to hand. And when it’s for charity I like it even more. Which is why I am telling you about fine wine merchant Goedhuis & Co’s (along with Savills Private […]

Read the full article →

Restaurant: Bar Tomate, Madrid

May 28, 2010 LLG Food

I had hoped to fill LLG with posts extolling Madrid’s rumoured fabulous-ness in the shopping and restaurant arenas, but unfortunately I was sick for most of my stay and made it to zero shops and just one restaurant. What luck then that our hotel recommended Bar Tomate, a short walk away in the Salamanca district, […]