Meet Omar Casali, head chef at new gourmet Pastificio Mangio in the heart of St Paul’s , that opens on Monday 15 December bringing the art of stuffed pasta to the city. Omar is a leading light on the Italian restaurant scene and writes a weekly food column for Italian broadsheet supplement D Repubblica. He […]
Chef Omar Casali in London at Pastificio Mangio & the art of stuffed pasta
Game, Set & Strawberries on Spaghetti House June Menu
It’s Wimbledon soon (23 June – 6 July) where strawberries are traditional, but it’s also the best time of year to enjoy the pick of the crop, and the ones you’ll find on the Spaghetti House menu come from one of Norfolk’s best producers, Fairview Nurseries in the village of Enmeth. Here, Stuart the father, is helped […]
Eat, Pray, Love – Pizza Pilgrims Park Up on Dean Street, London
Ever since that scene in Eat, Pray Love at famed Naples pizzeria L’Antica Pizzeria Da Michele I’ve been praying for something like it in London. Neapolitan pizza, for me it’s all about the thickness, or should that be thinness. None of that tomato paste on soggy cardboard bases. Pizza should be crisp and simple. There are a […]
New Opening: Tozi Italian in Victoria, London
New restaurant TOZI will open in central London on 15 May 2013, bringing classic Italian flavours and an informal, design-led dining environment to the Victoria area. The 15-strong all-Italian kitchen team will serve an authentic Venetian menu of cicchetti (Venetian-style small plates), charcuterie and cheese platters, wood oven-cooked mains and sharing dishes. Prosecco on tap […]
Versatile Cooking & Living Italian by Grazia Giuliani
Grazia Giuliani’s beautiful book Versatile Cooking & Living Italian is not so prissy that you wouldn’t mind getting floured or tomato-splattered fingers all over it. In fact it’s the sort of book that will become a much cherished kitchen friend. None of the recipes are too ‘chefy’ to prepare, they are simple, honest and authentic. The book’s […]
Versatile Cooking & Living Italian by Grazia Giuliani
Grazia Giuliani’s beautiful book Versatile Cooking & Living Italian is not so prissy that you wouldn’t mind getting floured or tomato-splattered fingers all over it. In fact it’s the sort of book that will become a much cherished kitchen friend. None of the recipes are too ‘chefy’ to prepare, they are simple, honest and authentic. The book’s […]