Dalston restaurant Angelina recently played host to a one-off kaiseki (tasting menu) dinner organised by the Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano Reggiano. The 12-course feast paired with six wines highlighted the versatility of one of the world’s most beloved cheeses as … Continue reading →
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Tagged #theonlyparmesan, Angelina, cheese, dalston, Drink, E8, east london, Food, italian food, parmesan, parmigiano-reggiano, restaurants, Travel, wine
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A slice of the best in London and beyond … As part of my Best of 2019 series, here’s my list of preferred pizzas from the past year.
Good stuff and lots of it! Here’s the low down on some fine things to see, sip, savour and more – all of which I’ve recently come across and thought were worth sharing with you. Enjoy. Continue reading →
Posted in Drink, Food, Good Stuff, Hotels, London, Luxury, Movies, Restaurants, Shopping, Travel, Video, Wine
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Tagged #LookingForThePerfectFood, backpacks, cinema, Drink, film, Food, french wine, good stuff, Gualteiro Marchesi, Gualtiero the Great Italian, INTERCONTINENTAL LONDON PARK LANE, italian food, japanese food, Looking for the Perfect Food, luxury, miso, MISO SOUP, Movies, Olive, olive oil, Picpoul, Picpoul de Pinet, restaurants, reviews, Shopping, socks, theo randall, Travel, Video, Waterfly, white wine, wine, Yutaka
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Episode 63 of tikichris Talks features a phone interview with one of London’s most celebrated Italian chefs, Giorgio Locatelli. During our conversation, Chef Locatelli recounts some of his earliest food memories, such as when his father took him to eat … Continue reading →
Posted in Celebrities, Drink, Food, interview, Italy, London, Luxury, Podcast, Restaurants, TCTalks
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Tagged #TCTalks, Celebrities, Chef Giorgio Locatelli, Chef Locatelli, Drink, Food, Giorgio Locatelli, interview, italian food, italian restaurants, Italy, Locanda Locatelli, locatelli, London, luxury, masterchef, Masterchef Italia, Masterchef Italy, PODCAST, restaurants, tikichris talks, Travel
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Episode 63 of tikichris Talks features a phone interview with one of London’s most celebrated Italian chefs, Giorgio Locatelli. Continue reading →
Tagged #TCTalks, Celebrities, Chef Giorgio Locatelli, Chef Locatelli, Drink, Food, Giorgio Locatelli, interview, italian food, italian restaurants, Italy, Locanda Locatelli, locatelli, London, luxury, masterchef, Masterchef Italia, Masterchef Italy, PODCAST, restaurants, tikichris talks, Travel
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Does Icco do Best pizza in London? Not by my standards, but it’s not far off! I would say Icco probably serves the best priced pizza in London at a consistently high standard. Continue reading →
Posted in Drink, Food, London, Lucky 13, Pizza, Restaurants, Travel
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Tagged CHEAP EATS, Drink, fitzrovia, Food, goodge street, Icco, Icco Goodge Street, italian food, London, Lucky 13, pizza, pizzeria, restaurants, reviews, Travel, W1, W1T 4LU
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Judith Schrut enjoys an evening of gastronomic joy with Noci’s legend of the larder, Marino Notarticula. We kept hearing that Noci was yet another historic and hospitable Puglian town renowned for its gastronomy. But let’s be honest, we were going … Continue reading →
The heel of Italy’s beauteous boot might be summed up in three words: past, present and Primitivo. Just add pasta, panini and pasticciotto and you’ve pretty much got the main ingredients of this wonderful place. Continue reading →
Posted in Food, Head for the Heel, Italy, Puglia, road trip
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Tagged Basilicata, cycling, Drink, europe, Food, italian food, italian pasta, Italy, Judith Schrut, panini, primitivo, puglia, road trip, trulli, wine
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Episode 58 of tikichris Talks features an interview with hospitality entrepreneur and founder of La Mia Mamma restaurant, Luca Maggiora. Continue reading →
Tagged #TCTalks, chelsea, Food, interview, italian food, king's road, La Mia Mamma, London, Luca Maggiora, luxury, PODCAST, restaurants, SW3, SW3 5EL, tikichris talks, Travel, west london
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Episode 58 of tikichris Talks features an interview with hospitality entrepreneur and founder of La Mia Mamma restaurant, Luca Maggiora. During our conversation at La Mia Mamma on the King’s Road in Chelsea, Luca and I chat about his high … Continue reading →
Posted in Food, interview, London, Luxury, Podcast, Restaurants, TCTalks, Travel
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Tagged #TCTalks, chelsea, Food, interview, italian food, king's road, La Mia Mamma, London, Luca Maggiora, luxury, PODCAST, restaurants, SW3, SW3 5EL, tikichris talks, Travel, west london
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Two locations are not enough for ambitious independent pizzeria, Zia Lucia. Now west Londoners can get a slice of the action with a third location now serving Neapolitan style pizzas from a wood-fired oven at Boxpark Wembley. Continue reading →
Posted in Food, London, Pizza, Restaurants
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Tagged BOXPARK, Boxpark Wembley, Food, HA9, HA9 0NU, italian food, London, Olympic Way, pizza, restaurants, reviews, wembley, west london, Zia Lucia - Boxpark Wembley
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Feeling the pinch? I am too. But I’m pleased to report that delicious and filling (and sometimes even rather healthy) cheap eats were still in abundant supply this year. Continue reading →
Posted in Best of 2018, Best of the Best, Food, London, Money, Pizza, Restaurants, Street Markets, Travel
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Tagged Best Cheap Eats in London, Best of 2017, Best of 2018, Best of the Best, brushfield street, CHEAP EATS, Doric Way, E1, E1 6AA, E17, E17 3HX, E17 7DB, east london, euston, falafel, fitzrovia, Food, Fresh Nan Bakery, goodge street, high street, italian food, kebabs, London, money, NW1, NW1 1LH, old spitalfields market, Pilpel, pizza, pizza union, restaurants, Roti, Roti King, Seth's Spice Hut, spitalfields, street food, street markets, Sud Italia, Travel, W1, W1T 4LU, WALTHAMSTOW
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My Best of 2018 series rolls on with my recs on where to eat the tastiest pizzas in London and beyond. Pizzerias in Milan, Edinburgh, Frankfurt and Cleveland made the cut, with the Cleveland pizzerias particularly wowing my palate. Continue reading →
Posted in Bars, Beer, Best of 2018, Best of the Best, Cleveland, Drink, Edinburgh, Food, Germany, Italy, London, Ohio, Pizza, Restaurants, Scotland, Travel, USA
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Tagged 44102, 44113, 60329, baker street, BARS, beer, Best london pizza, Best of 2018, Best of the Best, best pizza in london, Brera, Brera Design District, brushfield street, Cleveland, da michele, Detroit Avenue, Dough Pizza, E1, E1 6AA, east london, EC1, edinburgh, Edison's Pizza Kitchen, EH1 1QS, EH2 4BA, fitzrovia, Food, Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, germany, goodge street, Icco, Il Rione, italian food, italian restaurants, l'antica pizzeria da michele, Lombardia, Lombardy, London, london pizza, Luini, Milan, milano, N1 1RU, Niddastraße, NW1 6UY, Ohio, Old Spitalfields, old spitalfields market, Oxmantown, OYSTERS, Panzerotti, pizza, Pizza 7 Bello, Powerscourt Centre, Professor Avenue, restaurants, Rose Street, Royal McGregor, royal mile, San Antonio, Saucy Brew Works, scotland, seven dials, Shimada Fisheries, shoreditch, spitalfields, spitalfields market, street, street food, street markets, Sud Italia, texas, The Pepper Pot, Travel, UK, upper street, USA, Via Santa Radegonda, W1, W1T 4LU, West 65th Street, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Good Stuff and lots of it! This latest list of fine things to sip and savour comes from contributor Judith Schrut, recently invited to London’s Welcome Italia Food Festival. Enjoy. Italy in London! Who could ask for more? Not I, … Continue reading →
Posted in Coffee, Drink, Food, Good Stuff, London, Shopping, Travel, Wine
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Tagged azienda agricola, chefs, ciambelline, coffee, Drink, Elverton Street, espresso, Fondi, Food, food fair, good stuff, Italian Chamber of Commerce for the UK, italian food, italian wine, Judith Schrut, Kimbo, Lazio, limoni al sale, Lindley Hall, London, olive oil, Royal Horticultural Halls, Shopping, SW1, SW1P 2PB, Tamia, torpedino, Travel, Tuscia, Welcome Italia, wine, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Here’s an interview with author and fellow Italian food lover, Christine Smallwood. During our conversation for episode 33 of tikichris Talks, Christine and I talk about her Appetite for Italy series of books and what makes the country such a fantastic place to eat, drink and explore. Continue reading →
Posted in Drink, Food, Restaurants, Shopping, Travel
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Tagged #TCTalks, Appetite for Italy, books, Christine Smallwood, Drink, Food, interview, italian food, Italy, PODCAST, restaurants, Shopping, tikichris talks, Travel
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Here’s an interview with author and fellow Italian food lover, Christine Smallwood. During our conversation for episode 33 of tikichris Talks, Christine and I talk about her Appetite for Italy series of books and what makes the country such a fantastic place to eat, drink and explore. Continue reading →
Tagged #TCTalks, Appetite for Italy, books, Christine Smallwood, Drink, Food, interview, italian food, Italy, money, PODCAST, restaurants, Shopping, tikichris talks, Travel
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Here’s an index for quick reference to all of Judith Schrut’s posts in her Eat Puglia series. Continue reading →
Posted in Drink, Eat Puglia, Food, Italy, Puglia, Restaurants, Travel, Uncategorized, Wine
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Tagged Drink, Eat Puglia, Food, italian food, Italy, Judith Schrut, pasta, puglia, restaurants, Travel, wine
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In charge at Itria Bontà nowadays is Giorgio Spalluti – aka “Big George”– who makes his cheese entirely by hand, using traditional methods learned from his father and grandfather with milk from the farm’s herd of Freesians. Continue reading →
Posted in Eat Puglia, Food, Italy, Puglia, Travel
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Tagged burrata, capocollo, cheese, Eat Puglia, italian food, Italy, Itria Bonta, Judith Schrut, Martina Franca, mozzarella, puglia, pugliese, Travel
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Certainly, with so much delicious food and drink to match picture postcard scenery and warm hospitality, your days in Puglia are sure to start and end with gorgeous gastronomy. Continue reading →
Posted in Drink, Eat Puglia, Food, Italy, Puglia, Restaurants, Travel, Wine
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Tagged Drink, Eat Puglia, Food, italian food, Italy, Judith Schrut, pasta, puglia, restaurants, Travel, wine
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Quaglino’s, our favourite Mayfair wonder, is tempting us with the best tantalising Thursday offering I’ve heard of in a long while. Continue reading →
Posted in Bars, London
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Tagged apertivo, BARS, Bury Street, cocktails, Davide Arcucci, Demi Perera, Drink, DRINKS, Food, italian food, London, mayfair, Q-Aperitivo, QUAGLINO'S, restaurants, reviews, st james's, SW1, SW1Y 6AJ, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Is there any food more universally craved than the humble pizza? We think not and definitely understand why everybody loves this hot oven treat, especially when they’re traveling and out having fun. Typically, you can be anywhere in the world … Continue reading →
Posted in CheapOair, Food, Miles Away, Pizza, Restaurants, Travel
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Tagged american food, cheapoair, Food, italian food, Miles Away, pizza, restaurants, Travel
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In 1960, London moviegoers flocked to see the groundbreaking La Dolce Vita and experience Marcello Mastroianni’s search for love, happiness and ‘the sweet life’ on the exuberant streets of Rome. Nowadays one need not look further than its newly-opened namesake in Knightsbridge, Harry’s Dolce Vita restaurant. Continue reading →
Posted in Bars, Coffee, Drink, Food, London, Pizza, Restaurants, Wine
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Tagged bar, BARS, Basil Street, cocktails, coffee, dining, dolci, Drink, DRINKS, fine dining, Food, Harry's, harry's la dolce vita, italian, italian food, Judith Schrut, knightsbridge, LA DOLCE VITA, London, Neapolitan Flip, pasta, pizza, restaurants, reviews, seafood, SW3, SW3 1BB, TIRAMISU, wine
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Ten episodes deep with tikichris Talks and I’m in Milan conducting an interview with Michelin star chef Luigi Taglienti at Lume, the chef’s highly lauded and multi award winning restaurant. The interview follows directly after an opportunity to try a pescatarian version of Taglienti’s eight course tasting menu – which quite possibly was the most elegantly restrained and exquisitely flavourful dining experiences of my life. Continue reading →
Tagged #TCTalks, Chef Luigi Taglienti, fine dining, interview, italian food, Italy, kemey lafond, Luigi Taglienti, Lume, luxury, Milan, milano, restaurants, tikichris talks, Travel
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Ten episodes deep with tikichris Talks and I’m in Milan conducting an interview with Michelin star chef Luigi Taglienti at Lume, the chef’s highly lauded and multi award winning restaurant. The interview follows directly after an opportunity to try a pescatarian version of Taglienti’s eight course tasting menu – which quite possibly was the most elegantly restrained and exquisitely flavourful dining experiences of my life. Continue reading →
Posted in Food, interview, Italy, Luxury, Podcast, Restaurants, TCTalks, Travel
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Tagged #TCTalks, Chef Luigi Taglienti, fine dining, interview, italian food, Italy, kemey lafond, Luigi Taglienti, Lume, luxury, Milan, milano, restaurants, tikichris talks, Travel
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Haggis on a pizza!?!? Don’t knock till you’ve tried it. And if you’re trying it in Edinburgh, head to Dough Pizza for the especially tasty and haggis-enhanced Scozia pizza. Continue reading →
Posted in Edinburgh, Edinburgh Haggis Hunt, Food, Pizza, Restaurants, Scotland, Travel
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Tagged #HaggisHunt, british food, burgers, burns night, BURNS SUPPER, Dough Pizza, Dough Pizzeria, edinburgh, Edinburgh Haggis Hunt, EH2 4BA, Food, haggis, Haggis Hunt, italian food, pizza, restaurants, Rose Street, scotland, scottish food, Travel
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In sharp contrast to Ljubljana’s largely low rise look, the sleek modernist 20-storey InterContinental Ljubljana certainly stood out as a gleaming landmark during my lux weekend break in the Slovenian capital. Continue reading →
Posted in Drink, Food, Hotels, Ljubljana, Ljubljana Lux, Luxury, Restaurants, Slovenia, Travel
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Tagged #LjubljanaLux, Alfredo Russo, B - Alfredo Russo, B - Restaurant, Chef Alfredo Russo, Chef Komnen Bakić, Drink, fine dining, Food, hotels, Intercontinental Ljubljana, italian food, italian restaurants, Komnen Bakić, Ljubljana, Ljubljana Lux, luxury, Saruna Spa, Slovenia, Slovenia food, Slovenian food, Slovenian restaurants, Slovenska Cesta, spa, Travel
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Is it possible to grab a bite in London for five quid or less that’s still tasty and filling? Yep – especially in my neck of the woods. Continue reading →
Posted in Best of 2017, Best of the Best, Food, London, Money, Pizza, Restaurants, Street Markets, Travel
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Tagged Best Cheap Eats in London, Best of 2017, Best of the Best, brushfield street, CHEAP EATS, E1, E1 6AA, E17, E17 3HX, E17 7DB, east london, falafel, fitzrovia, Fresh Nan Bakery, goodge street, high street, Homies on Donkies, italian food, kebabs, London, mexican food, money, old spitalfields market, Pilpel, pizza, restaurants, Seth's Spice Hut, spitalfields, street food, street markets, Sud Italia, tacos, taqueria, Travel, W1, W1T 4LU, WALTHAMSTOW, Walthamstow Market, Wood Street, Wood Street Market, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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I’ve been a fan of Pomora olive tree adoption/olive oil subscription service for a few years now. I love the founders’ goal to create a community of food lovers and food producers who share an ethical vision – and I … Continue reading →
Posted in Discounts and Special Offers, Food, Shopping
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Tagged discount, discounts & special offers, discounts and special offers, Food, italian food, olive oil, Pomora, Pomora Olive Oil, Shopping, tikichris special, tikichris specials
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Four Hundred Rabbits is a South London group of pizzerias with locations in Crystal Palace and Nunhead. The group specialises in sourdough pizzas baked in wood-fired ovens and served alongside (a rather South London centric list) of craft beer Continue reading →
Posted in Beer, Drink, Food, London, Pizza, Restaurants
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Tagged 400 Rabbits, beer, CRAFT BEER, Drink, Evelina Road, Food, Four Hundred Rabbits, italian food, lewisham, London, nunhead, pizza, SE15, SE15 3HB, SE153HB, sourdough pizza, south london, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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One of Italy’s most delicious duos was the focus of a recent interactive workshop led by celebrated Chef Dan Doherty with a one-night only takeover of Ladbroke Grove’s Dock Kitchen. Continue reading →
Posted in Food, London, Restaurants, Shopping
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Tagged cheese, Chef Dan Doherty, Dan Doherty, DOCK KITCHEN, Food, Grana Padano, Grana Padano cheese, ham, italian food, LADBROKE GROVE, London, prosciutto, Prosciutto di San Daniele, restaurants, San Daniele, San Daniele prosciutto, Shopping, W10, W10 5BU, west london, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Mister Lasagna has launched its fourth outlet, conveniently across the street from Victoria Station. Continue reading →
Posted in Drink, Food, London, Restaurants
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Tagged Drink, Food, italian food, lasagna, Mister Lasagna, Mr Lasagna, restaurants, reviews, SW1, SW1V 1AA, Vauxhall Bridge Road, VICTORIA, Victoria Station
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