Shanghai in November
Arrived in Shanghai to warm and sunny weather! I had a simple vegetarian lunch at a Buddhist monastery (Shanghai wontons stuffed with shepherd’s purse, green pak…
Arrived in Shanghai to warm and sunny weather! I had a simple vegetarian lunch at a Buddhist monastery (Shanghai wontons stuffed with shepherd’s purse, green pak…
The knife clinic, held last Thursday, was great fun. Delicious canapes by Daylesford Organic, great demos by Marianne Lumb and Corin Mellor. And I did a…
Sometimes I just have to draw, like today (although it’s the first time in ages). More than anything, I like drawing faces, and so, when like…
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This is not about food, but it’s such a striking story that I had to post it… I was chatting to a friend who works in…
We seem to have an actual date for the reopening of Barshu, the London Sichuanese restaurant for whom I act as consultant: the evening of 30th…
 Last Saturday I went back to Zhenjiang, the old vinegar town on the Yangtze. My friend Gwen and I spent the day exploring the old…
I’m hugely flattered to discover that a Canadian video journalist has named me as her perfect dining companion!
All this talk of swine flu brings back vivid memories of Hunan during the SARS crisis of 2003. I lived there from the early days of…
Interview with me in the Beijinger last week…