Victoria Stewart meets the co-author of a new book of recipes and stories inspired by Central Asia and the Caucasus. (Image: Christopher Herwig) I have never visited the Uzbek city Samarkand. Yet talking to Eleanor Ford, the co-author of a new cookbook ‘Samarkand: Recipes and Stories from Central […]
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Waste not want not (Square Meal Magazine)
One chef’s kitchen trimmings are another’s useful ingredients as the root-to-stem dining trend grows in popularity. Words by Victoria Stewart. Illustration by Paul Blow. Originally published in Square Meal Magazine (digital version here p.64-65), Spring 2016
Street food dinner party (Unmapped Magazine)
It is Christmas Eve in Hanoi, darkness has settled, and the city’s famous nighttime economy is starting up. Leaving behind couples hugging each other in secret around a glistening lake, I take off down a side street where a group of ten or so men […]
Meet the makers: behind Britain’s love of Peruvian superfood quinoa (Foodism Magazine)
We meet the British farmer working with Pret A Manger to fly the flag for homegrown quinoa. Here’s an unusual quiz question. What do daikon, wasabi and quinoa have in common? The obvious answer is that they are all grown traditionally in either parts of […]
Jamie Oliver on his new cookery school (Evening Standard)
One cookery school, two new books and a fifth child on the way – Jamie Oliver has his hands full. Victoria Stewart hears how he does it. Jamie Oliver is making a Thai green curry and things are heating up. He’s showing me how to […]
Chiltern Firehouse chef Nuno Mendes: ‘It seems like there are people who had an agenda to come in and knock us’ (ES Magazine)
Chiltern Firehouse is London’s hottest dining destination. Now its Michelin-starred head chef is branching out, opening up his own restaurant on the other side of town — and it couldn’t be more different. So what’s eating Nuno Mendes, asks Victoria Stewart. Never in London’s history […]
Great British Flavours of East London (Host, Wringer & Mangle)
The events team at London Fields bar and restaurant, Wringer & Mangle, asked me to curate a series of eight supper clubs celebrating the different local food and food cultures of East London. Throughout April, May and early June 2016, we hosted a full house […]
BarChick: meet the new SMS service that’s helping Londoners to find their perfect bar (Evening Standard)
Can a new bespoke SMS service hook Londoners up with the perfect bar? Victoria Stewart phones in some fun (Image: Daniel Hambury) Here’s a snippet from my recent texting conversation. Me: “Just been to awful restaurant in Soho — can you recommend somewhere for a nice quiet […]
Restaurant sourcing (Pergola On The Roof, Summer 2016)
Pergola on The Roof was a special pop-up involving the set-up of 3-4 restaurants on a roof above the old BBC building in White City, West London, open throughout the summer of 2016. Over 14 weeks, 72,000 visitors turned up to eat or drink, 46,000 of which pre-booked tables, and […]
Silo, Brighton, restaurant review: ‘Designed with the bin in mind… but in a good way’ (The Telegraph)
Fun as food trends often are, they do tend to have short shelf lives: before you can say the words “coconut” and “oil” the foodies have moved on to the next thing. Occasionally, though, you’ll get one that sticks around, because it doesn’t have a […]
Switzerland: the peak of perfection (Elite Traveler Magazine)
It has more Michelin stars per head than any other country and hosts a fancy fine dining festival. So how exactly did Switzerland become the restaurant capital of the world? Mid-afternoon on a chilly Saturday and more than 60 bowls are lined up on a […]
The butcher, the baker and the donut-maker – London’s best street food revealed (Skyscanner blog)
London’s booming market staples, like Borough Market, are still an excellent place to spend time – and there is plenty of good hot food to take away, too – but it’s often nicer to focus on the smaller ones to ensure that more of your […]
On the table: Lurra (Berry Bros & Rudd)
With the constant flurry of new openings, it can be hard to make it back to restaurants past. This month food writer Victoria Stewart seeks the value of second helpings, returning to Marylebone’s Lurra. Twenty-sixteen, I’ve decided, is to be my year of repeat restaurant visits. Regular […]
Local flavour: Hoi An eating (Escapism Magazine)
Hoi An may be small – but this ancient Vietnamese trading port punches well above its weight on the culinary front. Victoria Stewart tries her hand at rustling up a few dishes. (Image: Victoria Stewart) Read this article, originally published in Escapism Magazine
For the love of laksa (Evening Standard)
The founder of Malaysian street food enterprise Sambal Shiok, Mandy Yin, talks to Victoria Stewart about growing up on this soul-nourishing dish (Pic: Clerkenwell Boy) After being introduced to laksa in Singapore by a friend who grew up eating it there, I’ve since realised that there […]
Restaurant sourcing (Market Yard, Summer 2016)
Market Yard is a guest kitchen space near Shepherd’s Bush Market, which was opened up to young restaurateurs for 6-week residencies by Incipio Events. I worked with IE to invite in (and endorse) food start-ups, including Made of Dough (Neapolitan-Spanish pizzas). For more information on upcoming events, see […]