The Oxford Times | Food

The Longwall Beefeater, Oxford Business Park, Cowley

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:04:38 +0000

The Longwall Beefeater was purpose built in 1995 at Oxford Business park on the site of part of the Rover works.

Recipe for banana fritters with caramel sauce (serves 4)

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:00:57 +0000

The recipes in Tina Bester’s Love Food (Pavilion, £12.99) are basic moreish dishes, many of which have been passed down through the generations. They are simple to make, yet packed with flavours that will make them memorable, particularly as Tina has given them all a modern twist. These hot battered banana treats drizzled with a caramel sauce make a perfect Valentine treat.

Sweet lamb is the ideal lovers' feast

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:58:23 +0000

It’s apt that next week is National Nest Box week, organised to take place from February 14 to 21 by members of the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) which aims to encourage us to hang nest boxes in our gardens.

Melting chocolate puddings (makes 4)

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:16:19 +0000

February is the time to make the most of chocolate by serving warm individual chocolate puddings with a crusty top, soft sponge and a rich gooey chocolate centre. They can be cooked in small ramekin dishes, but slightly larger dishes, which provide enough space for the pudding to rise without tumbling down the sides, seem to work best.

What scientist Katie did next . . .with chocolates

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:14:02 +0000

Chocolate is one of those products that can add real cheer to a dismal February day.

The Blue Boar, Witney

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:18:51 +0000

As Gray Matter readers might recall, I expressed my enthusiasm some weeks ago for the tasteful transformation (cost £1.5m) of the down-at-heel Marlborough Hotel in Witney into the good-looking Blue Boar, a name harking back to an earlier period in the building’s history.

The Clifden Arms, Worminghall

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:33:21 +0000

Locally sourced food was a main topic in my first restaurant review of 2012 and now — following a visit to The Clifden Arms, in Worminghall — the subject is going to feature prominently in my second.

Fish, flesh and fowl - all for breakfast!

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:28:30 +0000

The word breakfast was first coined in English in 1463 to describe the meal eaten to break the fast of the night. If you break that fast with a nutritious meal you are set up for the day.

Recipe for croissants

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:30:24 +0000

When served warm, preferably straight out of the oven, croissants give you the basis for a delicious Continental breakfast. All you need to go with them is a pot of coffee, fruit juice, butter and jam. They are far easier to make than they appear, the art of getting them right is the folding.

Turl Street Kitchen, Turl Street, Oxford

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:50:06 +0000

As a restaurant critic I regularly hear boasts about (highly fashionable) locally sourced food. Sometimes these turn out to be at best exaggeration, at worst downright fibs.