food and drink, restaurant reviews, meals out, drinking in Oxfordshire from the Oxford mail

Spice girl

10:10am Thursday 11th March 2010

Curry Brothers Ed Nix and Tim Hughes head for Chutneys Indian Brasserie, St Michael’s Street, Oxford

Glad I ASKed

2:20pm Thursday 4th March 2010

With voucher in hand, KATHERINE MACALISTER ventures into the revamped interior of ASK Italian

A Star Reborn

11:50am Thursday 25th February 2010

The Magdalen Arms, 243 Iffley Road, Oxford, phone 01865 243159.

Michel Inn Star

2:58pm Thursday 18th February 2010

Paul Stammers finds chef Michel Sadones flying the flag for France at a pub with a very English name.

Dish of The Day

3:31pm Thursday 11th February 2010

KATHERINE MACALISTER compiles a top ten of eateries putting on the ritz (including a special ‘love sausage’... yes, really) to impress lovers this Valentine’s Day.

Chips Ahoy

12:01pm Thursday 4th February 2010

KATHERINE MACALISTER drops anchor at an Oxford pub with a fearsome reputation for fine food.

Stone me

8:00am Thursday 28th January 2010

FIRE AND STONE It was, I’ll be honest, a Eureka moment. I’ve had others, to be sure, but not in recent years (the last was five years ago when, suffering from chicken pox, I realised how the virus helped me fit – once more – into 32” waist trousers).

Chomp Eysees

3:38pm Thursday 21st January 2010

CAFé ROUGE, LITTLE CLARENDON STREET, OXFORD 01865 310194.

Dining on the Chomps Elysees

10:00am Thursday 21st January 2010

A jaded JEREMY SMITH puts himself in the capable hands of the staff at Café Rouge for a little bit of TLC – French style...

Pick And Mix

11:16am Thursday 14th January 2010

KATHERINE MACALISTER and sons tuck in and put Yo! Sushi to the test.