Category Archives: Food and wine

That was a week, that was

Posted on May 20, 2012 by fortewinks

Seven days in the middle of May: a more varied, demanding, entertaining week I can hardly remember and although it threatens to belie description, I’ll try. My efforts are necessary if only because, as a failed diary keeper this blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Entertaining, Family, Feminism, Food and wine, Friends, Life and romance, Uncategorized | Tagged Articulate Communication, David Eyre, Dragon Rouge, Entertainment, Eyre Brothers, Forte Medical, Girlfriends, Good Food, Hanway Street, Old Fire Station, Peezy, Prosecco, Smith + Village | 2 Comments

Paddington Station, 3pm, Thursday. Bank Holiday Weekend began on a train destined for Bristol where my friend would meet and greet me. The journey was spent trapped between the window and a wall of strangely amplified sound: burger and fries … Continue reading →

Posted on April 9, 2012 by fortewinks | 5 Comments

The G-Plan Diet: lazy and tasty

Posted on March 4, 2012 by fortewinks

The most important words between people are often exchanged over the table. Food is currency. Food is glue. Food is the stuff that brokers and builds friendships and relationships of any hue; and if they need celebrating – or even … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertaining, Family, Food and wine, Friends, Life and romance, Uncategorized | Tagged anchovies, chicken, Chili pepper, Cook, cooking, eggs, family, Food, friends, Garlic, ginger, green beans, Niçoise salad, Olive oil, pancetta, Potato, recipes | 3 Comments

Mexico: mariachi, mountains, merriment … and my Girls

Posted on January 15, 2012 by fortewinks

Bethnal Green is where we usually congregate with family and friends to spend Christmas, exchange gifts and enjoy hearty food. But this year, we abandoned our home in East London to gather in Mexico, for what transpired to be the … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Food and wine, Friends, Life and romance, Travel, Uncategorized | Tagged Christmas, Expedia, La Villada Inn, Lady of the Assumption Oaxaca, Mariachi, Mexican rugs, Mexico, Mexico City, Mezcal, Oaxaca, Plaza Garibaldi, Pyramids, Salsa, Teotihuuacan, Teotitlan | 1 Comment

East London: a culinary playground

Posted on November 20, 2011 by fortewinks

East London: a place of many textures and many tastes is now inextricably linked – for me – to the sating of a raging appetite for good food and great wine, at friendly places. But how times have changed. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and wine, London | Tagged East London, Farringdon Road, Hoxton Square, Italian cuisine, Leonard Street, London, Rivington Street, Shoreditch, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Twenty clever women (and two men in the kitchen)

Posted on November 12, 2011 by fortewinks

In May this year, I realised that I did not see enough of my female friends. Whilst the Boys are pretty easy to find barside, the Girls are more difficult to pin down. My girl friends are a fabulous lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertaining, Feminism, Food and wine, Friends, Life and romance | Tagged Alessandra Scherillo, Amelia Troubridge, Clever women, Dinner, Entertaining, Entrepreneur, Gladstone Gardens, Laura Quick, Man-About-Town, Michela Gisotti, Philippa Stockley, Satwinder Sehmi, Street Children Photography, Surface to Air Architects, The Nelson's Head, Trayler and Trayler, Trolley Books, Urban Species, Urban Stories, Women | 4 Comments

Carcassonne: land of luxury, fine wine, beautiful women and dangerous men …

Posted on August 1, 2011 by fortewinks

42 Rue Victor Hugo, Carcassonne, is the B&B for those that enjoy a high-pamper factor. Nestled in the ample bosom of the Languedoc, this retreat has much to offer, although not as much as its hosts, the warm and welcoming … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and wine, Friends, Life and romance, Travel | Tagged Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Bethnal Green Behaviour

Posted on May 30, 2011 by fortewinks

Just over three years ago The Girls and I left the Shoreditch loft that had been our home for some thirty months and into a less exuberant, much smaller, three-up two-down Bethnal Green cottage, half a mile East. The moment … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Food and wine, Friends, Life and romance, London, Shopping, Uncategorized | Tagged Bethnal Green, Columbia Road, Neigbourly, Uncategorized | 1 Comment