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It’s not often that Londonist gets to try lots of different wines for less than a tenner. So we were excited to hear about The Sampler, a new wine store on Upper Street in Islington, that lets you try before you by. On a recent …

Aidan Brooks, Trainee Chef, hits Broadway Market during a rare moment of sunshine and provides us with a little Flickr photo show of all the good stuff he finds there (the above is one of those photos). Jess at Ripe London gets some popcorn along …

Londonist enjoys a glass or two of Australian wine every so often. Probably not often enough, given the number of Aussies Londonist knows. What better way to fix this than by shelling out 35 quid for an evening of Antipoedean adventure on Wednesday the 31st? …

Londonist likes pastries. Especially inexpensive, tasty international ones. Towards the very end of 2006, Japanese cream puff meisters Beard Papa’s came to town and set up shop on Oxford Street. The profiterole-like creations have already taken Japan and parts of the U.S. by storm; (Gothamist …

France comes to London twice this year: once for the Tour de France in July and this weekend for Vive La France at Olympia. During this three-day event, you can ignore the property displays and ferry hawkers and head straight for the wine and cheese. …

Ah, the lowly bagel. Never has bread been so misinterpreted. Bagels should not smack of baguettes or donuts, nor should they be the size of an infant’s cranium. True bagels are boiled first and then baked, generating a crispy shell and a dense and chewy …