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Restaurant Review: Shabab and Al Frash Apr 22 2011

Welcome to the first of this year’s “toofers”: two reviews for the price of one.Read

Hampton Manor chef shooting for a star Apr 15 2011

Martyn Pearn is a chef on a mission at a reborn manor house, writes Food Critic Richard McComb.Read

Birmingham's Colmore Business District to host one-day food festival Apr 15 2011

Birmingham’s drive towards a more egalitarian food scene has been boosted with the launch of a new city-centre festival.Read

Discarding the myths of forgotten fish Apr 08 2011

Thank cod it's coley... food critic Richard McComb enjoys a delicious taste of fish varieties condemned as 'discards'Read

Top Birmingham chef Glynn Purnell closes The Asquith after landlord dispute Apr 07 2011

Acclaimed chef Glynn Purnell has closed his new Edgbaston restaurant, The Asquith, and lost £40,000 following a bitter dispute with a debt-laden property developer. Read

Richard McComb: Glynn Purnell will be stronger after closing The Asquith Apr 07 2011

Never go back, they say. It’s advice Glynn Purnell probably wishes he had heeded following the demise of The Asquith in Edgbaston. Read

Top Birmingham restaurant chef chases Great British Menu title Apr 04 2011

TOP Birmingham chef Aktar Islam is bidding for a unique TV double as he bids to be a winner in the BBC’s Great British Menu.Read

Paul Gould is the miracle of mass catering Apr 01 2011

Food critic Richard McComb meets Paul Gould, a chef who isn’t fazed by catering for Biblical numbers of diners.Read

Restaurant Review: Carters of Moseley, in Birmingham Apr 01 2011

When I say Carters of Moseley offers, quite possibly, the best value Sunday lunch in the city then there’s a fair chance that is what you will find.Read

Why cheese is a matter of import for Glynn Purnell Mar 25 2011

Birmingham chef Glynn Purnell is championing the credentials of British cheese. Roz Laws spoke to him.Read

Katie Jones is living the dream Mar 25 2011

Having spent 17 years as the export director of a giant Languedoc wine co-operative, Katie Jones decided to become a vigneron in her own right.Read

Restaurant Review: Cucina Rustica in Birmingham Mar 18 2011

All the omens were bad: it was Italian, it was in Birmingham and I was going there.Read

The heat is on at Bocuse D'Or, the world's biggest cooking competition Mar 11 2011

Richard McComb enters the cauldron of the world's biggest cooking competitionRead

The heart and soul of Michelin country Mar 04 2011

Richard McComb enters the culinary firmament with Birmingham's top chefs – somewhere north of Lyon.Read

Cocktails are an appliance of science Feb 25 2011

Jon Perks meets ‘molecular mixologist’ Chris Hoy, who could be Birmingham’s own Heston Blumenthal.Read

Richard McComb: Taste of Birmingham became a pricey gastronomic ghetto Feb 18 2011

Lunch or dinner at Taste quickly became a preserve of the conspicuously better off. Should the city really be sending out a message of culinary elitism, particularly during a recession? Read

The cocktails inspired by Shakespeare himself Feb 11 2011

Richard McComb samples a couple of real love potions in the form of cocktails made for the Royal Shakespeare Theatre’s Rooftop Restaurant.Read

Restaurant Review: Asha's in Birmingham Feb 04 2011

The issue of service in restaurants has become a popular dinner-table talking point thanks to Michel Roux’s BBC2 show.Read

Birmingham should have more than three Michelin-starred restaurants Jan 22 2011

Birmingham is no longer the whipping boy of national food critics, although clearly there is still considerable work to be done.Read

Keeping up appearances in Birmingham's North Western Arcade Jan 21 2011

A coffee shop without lattes and pierced baristas? What spiffing good fun, says Richard McComb.Read

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