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Grow Your Own, Eat Your Estate

With waiting lists for London allotments spiralling into 6 years or more, the new report Growing Round the Houses, from food and farming charity, Sustain and the Women’s Environmental Network, is very welcome. It advocates planning communal food growing into social housing and transforming unused …

Londonist Reviews: The Diner Camden

Remember that late night/early morning Waffle House pit stop on I-75 halfway between Hotlanta and Chattaboogie when the coffee flowed freely and fried eggs ran just how you like ‘em … or … how about that day at the Shore, sitting atop the Windmill devouring …

Food-ography: Piccadilly whip by Martin…H

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Londonist Reviews: Tapas Fantasticas

Despite the fact that Londonist’s favourite London tapas bar – Laxeiro – wasn’t vending, Tapas Fantasticas at the Old Truman Brewery presented a delicious opportunity to sample some of the best tapas in London as well as some especially gorgeous tapas from the Rioja region …

London Food Blog Round-Up for June

eat like a girl calls all London food bloggers. Qype gets meaty. ontoLondon laments the loss of Bubba’s. A Slice of Cherry Pie discovers pea shoots. Edible London complains effectively. Photography by notlooking via the Londonist pool on Flickr.

Preview: Tapas Fantasticas 2008

As if you crazy kids required yet another reason to rub elbows on hipster row (aka Brick Lane), Tapas Fantasticas 2008 will be on this Saturday and Sunday at Ely’s Yard round the back of the Old Truman Brewery. Dubbed a celebration of Spanish food, …

Londonist Reviews: Taste of London

As gorgeous as yesterday was, Taste of London presented a good excuse to forage through a marquee-laden Regent’s Park with friends. However, despite the pleasant weather, ToL would have hardly been categorized as a value for money outing. In a way, the event was comparable …

Food-ography: Bear by Simon Crubellier

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World’s Most Expensive Spring Roll to Debut in London

Brilliant. With the price of rice and other commodities at all time highs and London ranking as the world’s most expensive city for dining out, oriental cuisine producers Amoy have decided to introduce the world’s most expensive spring roll at its Amoy Experience Stage during …

Shoot & Eat: Mirch Masala

That above is some of the finest onion bhajia that Londonist has eaten. Instead of a dense blob of onion stodge, these were light shreds of onion coated in a gram flour batter and then deep fried. These were eaten at the Mirch Masala in …

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Not Cut Out For Cheffing

Police stormed Le Cordon Bleu cookery school in Marylebone yesterday evening following a stand off with a knife wielding student threatening to kill himself unless he was allowed to retake the intermediate course exam he had failed. The distressed chef, who’d apparently spent all of …