Lockdown and great weather has seen us all getting out the barbecues and getting grilling. Here at H&D we've done a few different barbecu...

Farm shops became the new black a few years ago. Now, they are a destination pastime. Instead of schlepping off for some retail therapy i...

What better way to spend a gloomy afternoon than for H&D to visit London Street Brasserie to fortify before going on to watch a big blue w...

One of H&D's recent commissions has been to chart Reading's independent businesses to show how diverse and vibrant they are. Teaming up w...

We love a good deal here at H&D so when we spotted Chez Mal in Reading's steak offer, well we were licking our lips! It was 50 per cent o...

Nothing is guaranteed to get you into the festive spirit more than a cosy evening in an igloo. And you don’t need to go north – The Great...

It's not often you get invited to a Michelin-starred chef's home. And when he is going to cook for you too, well that's some experience. ...

Antonio Carluccio and Adam Simmonds at Danesfield House It was four years ago I met simply the best Italian chef and proper gent Antonio ...

You cannot fail to notice the new branch of Comptoir Libanais on The Oracle riverside. A multi-coloured glittering box with a terrace, it...

An evening exploring the Great House in Sonning's lodge and being fed and watered was a... well, a great experience. The Great House use ...

A half an hour flight from Heathrow took me to the island of Jersey recently and what a wonderful place it is. Besides the varied and co...

H&D loved The Crown Inn when we reviewed it for the Newbury Weekly News's Out&About magazine. One quote from the review was 'But the minu...

So we tried out the Gurkha Chef in Newbury and it was delicious. As we say in the article for the Newbury Weekly News magazine Out & Abou...

Another working day but this time, lucky us, at Henley Festival. It's very posh but a lot of fun and it always attracts some great artist...

I came late to the gin resurgence party. Mainly because I am really a vodka drinker but I do occasionally like a G&T. However, now I have...

So our latest venture for Out & About magazine in Newbury was a visit to The Swan Inn in Newtown. With a very pretty garden and interior ...

Mapledurham Food Festival back at the end of April was a real celebration of food. Renowned chef Stephanie Moon, who you may have seen on...

Here at H&D we really do like to take pictures on the go. As we say here on our website we are happy to photograph your food in your rest...

It may not be the weather for roast dinners this month so far but you can bet your bottom almost-one-for-one dollar it will be soon enoug...

I've not visited l'ortolan for some time so with one half of H&D having a birthday we decided their spring lunch offer (£89 for two) woul...