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Food-Lover's Guide to London
The best markets, artisans, and shops for cooks

City: London, England Population: 7.6 million Local specialties: Everything from traditional Cockney fare to handmade artisan breads, preserves, and chocolates We have never heard anyone say they we...

Kitchen Spotlight: London Urchin's Fold-Out Jewel Box

Remember London Urchin and her winning London flat from last year's Small Cool contest? We were instantly smitten with her tiny yet spacious jewelbox of a flat, but we were flat-out amazed by her kitc...

A Tour of the Swiss Cottage Farmers' Market
London, England

The history of London markets stretches back to Roman times, and today the city still boasts a thriving street shopping culture, with markets devoted to food, flowers, clothing, antiques, and more. In...

England Preserves
London

When I was in London last month, a friend with excellent taste took me with her on her supermarket run to Waitrose, and was dismayed to find that they didn't have any England Preserves London Marmalad...

Kitchen Spotlight: A Vintage-Inspired London Kitchen
London

The owners of this 1856 flat in Central London built a functional modern kitchen around some meaningful vintage pieces -- like a refrigerator his parents bought when he was born, a vintage stove, old ...

When In London, Drink Elderflower Cordial

I have spent months of my life in London but until Sunday afternoon, had managed never to sip an Elderflower Cordial. That it was made by a new friend with flowers from an elder tree in his very own g...

Tom's Deli on Westbourne Grove

Tom's Deli on Westbourne Grove in London is a favorite spot for a sit-down breakfast or lunch. But the full-service deli also has fresh take-out sandwiches, prepared salads, fish cakes, and baked good...

The Spice Shop in London

Bleinhem Crescent is a fabulous little London oasis for the home cook, with the Books for Cooks bookshop/café and The Spice Shop right across the street. ...

A Tour of the Notting Hill Farmers Market

The sign is right there on the windy Notting Hill Gate sidewalk in plain sight of all the tourists that flock to Portobello Road market on Saturdays. But many people miss one of London's most delightf...

London's Portobello Market Kitchen Finds

The outdoor stalls of London's Portobello Road market have a wealth of tea-related paraphernalia, from toast caddies to tea cups in a riot of English patterns. But if you wind your way into the indoo...

Beautiful Kitchen Tools from Labour and Wait

Kristin's post below about the windowbox herb garden in Notting Hill has us thinking about England and all the old-fashioned kitchen tools you can find through a few good companies there. One of our f...

Herb Garden on a London Sidewalk

I was walking from a friend's house to Books for Cooks a few Saturdays ago, and saw a curious and touching sight: an herb garden planted in three sidewalk-level windowboxes on an otherwise plain white...

A Tour of London's Bookshop Café Books for Cooks

One of the best ways to spend a Saturday afternoon in London is to crowd into bookstore/café Books for Cooks, a Notting Hill institution where you can browse thousands of international cookbooks and ...

London Kitchen Spotlight: Tim Sloan's Box of Tricks

Recently at Apartment Therapy, we visited Mike & Bea's Raised Kitchen, built by Tim Sloan of Levitate Architects (who brought us The Amazing Staircase). The above photo is what this kitchen looked lik...

Kitchen Spotlight: The Un-Kitchen in London

London-based South African architect Jennifer Beningfield was asked to redesign a kitchen to integrate seamlessly into a room that also included the dining and living spaces in a North London flat. "T...