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Julie Vu knew where to find the right baguette for her bánh mì sandwiches at City Càphê, the Vietnamese luncheonette she was planning to open this month in the City of London. She just wasn’t sure she could find it within 100 miles of Ironmonger Lane. [Read more...]
In part 4 of linguine alle vongole – the finer points of a perfect pasta, Francesco Mazzei stresses the importance of cooking with an understated extra virgin olive oil that won’t overpower the vongole. [Read more...]
In part 3 of linguine alle vongole – the finer points of a perfect pasta, Francesco Mazzei explains why he and his vongole sauce cling to a bronze-cut pasta that’s been pushed through a bronze die. [Read more...]
The City of London was founded around 50 AD, when Emperor Claudius and his Roman army built a fortified settlement on the River Thames. Nearly 2000 years later, the scent of a quieter Roman invasion is wafting through the Londinium air, rousing knowing noses from their morning misery and lunchtime lethargy and pointing the way to the nearest of 5 bakeries emitting the heady fumes of pizza bianca romana. [Read more...]
