Journal
A collection of things to cook, read, drink and think about.
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SPRING BUBBLES Informal Wine Tasting
We restart our program of Informal Wine Tastings with a bang! Or rather, a fizz. Since most of us reserve sparkling wines for sparkling occasions, opportunities to try them side-by-side can be rare. But comparing styles is an illu…
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THEATRICAL RUMBLINGS
The Bridge Theatre is the first new theatre of scale to be built in London for over forty years. Headed by the powerful pair that is Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr, who together oversaw 12 years of artistic and commercial succes…
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RUSH HOUR – St. JOHN Bakery at Old Street Station!
The daily commute is, like pigeons and the backpacks of tourists, one of those unavoidable annoyances of London life. But those who live in our glorious city know that it is not defined by these dreary drudgeries, but rather by th…
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THE LAST DARK DAYS
I had a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguish’d, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space, Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless a…
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NEW YEAR'S EVE 2017
Those who have joined us in previous years will know the form (and we’re building a happy crowd of regular revellers!). At long tables, friends old and new raise full glasses over a grand shared feast, served family-style on…
News
AUTUMN RICHES
So, November is almost upon us! Here in London we are feasting on all that the game season has to offer. Fergus explains the thrill: “Nature hurls its menu at you, one delicious creature after another. We begin with grouse o…
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Patron Saints and Laden Plates
As the days draw in, thoughts turn to full glasses and fuller plates. We hesitate to mention festivities mere days into the start of Autumn, but we are reminded that long before Christmas feasting there were Winter celebrations i…
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The Autumn Equinox Dinner
“The moon… replenishes the earth; when she approaches it, she fills all bodies while, when she recedes, she empties them” – Pliny the Elder The Autumn Equinox is a turning point. From that moment of equalit…
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A Theatrical Departure
We are very pleased to announce something a little different from St. JOHN – indeed something a little different for our brilliant city. The Bridge Theatre is the first wholly new commercial theatre of scale in over 40 years…
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Gentle Salmon Crusades
I am writing this from the Winery in the Languedoc. Here it is hot and things move slowly, even a rain-bearing electrical storm that grumbled and sparked all through the night, gently sousing the land and yielding the brief respit…
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Announcing Victoria Sharples as Head of Wine Operations
We are excited to announce that Victoria Sharples is joining St. JOHN, in an exciting move for the St. JOHN Group. In the UK she will oversee activities including on-trade and online direct sales, buying and development, and train…
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Real Loire and Unreal Trends
I have now recently eaten smashed/bashed/massaged avocados on both coasts of America, in Melbourne, Sydney and other places in between… and the list goes on. Is there nowhere to take refuge from the ‘trend’? Appa…
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Good things to eat: Amsterdam, Paris and Sydney
Sadly I missed the article “How to Instagram your food” in a recent Waitrose Magazine. Think of the tips I could have picked up! Here’s mine, having recently eaten in Ben Shewry’s (all ’round good man) “new&#…
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Domaine Tempier and the ultimate Provençal cookbook
Some recent travels threw up some nice moments – we were in Bandol and after family lunch at Domaine Les Luquettes I took the chance to see if we could visit Domaine Tempier, grandaddy of them all in Bandol. Veronique, the grand…
