Jancis Robinson, That hotel restaurant may have very little to do with the hotel... Great new find - Racine in London SW3 I never normally rush to a…
16 Jun 2002 Nick LanderMid April may have marked a significant turning point for many restaurateurs, their first ray of optimism for several months. 2001 was not a…
19 May 2002 Nick LanderThese are the restaurants that were voted top of their category in this year's Lunch with the FT promotion [first dreamt up years ago by my talented…
5 May 2002 Nick LanderVenice is synonymous with water but at 8.45am when I dived into Bar da Elio by the Rialto bridge for an espresso I had already become less than…
5 May 2002 Nick LanderAt first glance it seemed to be business as usual in the dining room at The Square in Mayfair. The customers were having a good time; the waiting…
21 Apr 2002 Nick LanderThese photographs show French chef, Christian Delteil, at distinct periods of his culinary career: as a young chef and as he is today in front of his…
16 Apr 2002 Nick LanderI fell in love with Argentinian food 25 years before visiting this fascinating country. This Damascene conversion took place early one evening in a…
27 Mar 2002 Nick LanderAnita Le Roy, who founded Monmouth Coffee in Covent Garden and is married to Randolph Hodgson of Neal's Yard Dairy fame, has just opened a new…
13 Mar 2002 Nick LanderDivertimenti, the cookware specialists, have just closed their site in Wigmore Street and opened in far more impressive and spacious premises in what…
10 Mar 2002 Nick LanderFor anyone who has wanted to experiment with what can often be the stunning but unlikely combinations of spicy Asian food and more subtle fine French…
10 Mar 2002 Nick LanderIn a move intended to cement London's position as the city for cosmopolitan cooking, to create stronger ties with the city's Chinese community and to…
10 Mar 2002 Nick LanderRichard Polo, born in Connecticut, USA, to Italian immigrants from Amalfi, has spent the last 25 years in London during which time he has become one…
25 Feb 2002 Nick LanderIf there is one thing that everyone seems to agree upon it is that eating out in good restaurants is expensive. With lunch bills averaging £20/25 per…
10 Feb 2002 Nick LanderA trip to Portugal last year with Tim Hughes, Sheekey's head chef, and four other chefs (an account of which will appear in the March issue of Conde…
21 Jan 2002 Nick LanderNext Saturday the full details of the first-ever transatlantic restaurant promotion will be unveiled in the Weekend Section and on ft.com. The…
21 Jan 2002 Nick Lander
