Top Ten Cookery Books: Rebecca Mascarenhas

Rebecca Mascarenhas has been running top restaurants for 26 years. Her first restaurant, Sonny’s in Barnes, soon became a favourite destination in SW London. In 1986 when it opened, Sonny’s was groundbreaking, offering a new way of eating top-quality food locally; you no longer had to travel into central London to eat really well. But […]

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Top Ten Cookery Books: Sam Harrison

I recently wrote about the fabulous Sam’s Brasserie in Chiswick and how I love its combination of great food and an easy, relaxing yet sophisticated ambience. It’s just the kind of place I love to eat so I was delighted to be heading there this morning to meet Sam Harrison – yes, it’s his brasserie! – […]

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Restaurant Review: Sam’s Brasserie, Chiswick

I’ve always loved going to Sam’s. It’s my kind of place: a delicious blend of informality and sophistication with great food and excellent wine. As soon as you go into the brasserie, a large open dining area with bar that’s housed in a former warehouse (or so it looks from outside), there’s a kind of […]

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