An Edible Voyage

June 2021 I often wonder if I would have found any of the great foodie havens I write about if it wasn't for Instagram.  And this is definitely one of them. When I asked a friend if he'd like to join me At What Chloe Cooked Next, his first question was "who's Chloe?".  A logical question! Chloe was trained at Leith's and is the woman behind Oxfork - a cafe on Magdalen Road in Oxford which I actually remember visiting for brunch when I lived in the city back in 2014.  Chloe now lives in Charlbury and hosts a semi-regular Friday night pop-up and Sunday brunch, as well as collaborations with other chefs. I arrived on a grey and drizzly evening, a little early (I'd cycled faster than expected!) to find there was already a queue through the garden and out on to the street.  From their own kitchen, Chloe and her husband were serving up an Indian inspired feast featuring tofu yellow curry, braised black beans, seaweed and wild garlic korokke, and cucumber and rhu...

April 2020 D'Ambrosi Deli's salad are 'posh' salads made with passion.  Previously a chef at several highly acclaimed restaurants around the world, Andrew D'Ambrosi knows how to pack bags of flavour into meagre salads.  Charred aubergine, tofu, tahini and coriander crema, and piquillo peppers is smoky, earthy and rich; cauliflower with capers, raisins, pine nuts and grapes is sweet, salty and nutty, and I loved the pop of biting through a juicy grape.  Simple, homemade flat breads, served warm from the pan were quick to make and perfect for scooping up the salads.