Choosing one course isn’t always for cost reasons: sometimes appetites are smaller, or you’re pushed for time, or you’re just in the mood for something simple. We’re all for pushing the boat out every so often and lingering over several courses, but eating out well doesn’t always have to be that way.
At The Good Food Guide we’re accomplished solo diners. Most of the time that’s how we work.
Keith Floyd was a difficult chef. At times he was an inspirational one. His BBC show Floyd on France arguably remains one of the finest cookery programmes ever made, and much of its success – in his prime, he was a feature of the Guide – was down to his slapdash, erratic style. Here, Bill Knott remembers Floyd at his most exuberant.
One of the great port cities of Europe, Liverpool was once at the very crossroads of international commerce, a history reflected in its majestic waterfront architecture. Two famous bronze birds keep watch on top of the Liver Building, relative newcomers at just over a century old, one guarding the city itself, the other its maritime approaches.
Is Birmingham really England’s ‘second city’? For Southerners, sure, but not for us. While Mancunians fight their corner and Londoners continue to explore whether Brum was cool enough to live in, Birmingham stays in the lane it has always travelled in, adhering to the motto emblazoned on our coat of arms: Forward. Our city has always had an open-door policy and it’s one of the reasons it’s such a great place to eat. Come one, come all, bring food.
