Happy New Year from Smith & Baxter
Simply that’s it. Happy New Year! Here’s to 2021 and whatever it brings. Be happy, be creative and be kind. Love from Baxter & myself xxx
01
Jan
26
Dec
Freddy Bird and littlefrench appear on Remarkable Places to Eat Christmas Special
tChristmas Eve was enjoyed with a glass of fizz in hand watching BBC2’s Remarkable Places to Eat. Delighted to see my home town of Bristol being featured but an even better Christmas treat was that it featured client Freddy Bird and his restaurant littlefrench. In the episode food personality Fred Sirieix visits Bristol for a […]
29
Nov
Borough Market Edible Histories on The Food Programme
Enjoyed listening to year’s round-up of 2020’s best food and drink books on The Food Programme. Sheila Dillon, Dan Saladino, Leyla Kazim and Jaega Wise – gathered for their annual book summit, sharing their favourite titles of 2020. Delighted to hear Leyla Kazim pick Borough Market’s Edible Histories book by Mark Riddaway as her top […]
28
Nov
The Bull & Last Book in The Times Magazine
A wonderful and vibrant extract from the gorgeous Bull & Last book – including an extract from Giles Coren’s foreword to the about why he loves the pub. The recipes looked amazing and created lots of hunger…
28
Oct
Urban Geometry media coverage
The new book Urban Geometry by Andrés Gallardo Albajar has been getting rave reviews in the media. His bold and stunning new book presents images of the world’s most exciting buildings. Spending the past 7 years and travelling to 20 cities, Andrés has captured mesmerising silhouettes, colourful juxtapositions and bold angular forms to provide an […]
04
Jun
Spending time in the forest
Smith & Baxter relocated some time in the middle of March. We hot-footed from the East End to the middle of Thetford Forest where we have been ever. Baxter & I are lucky to be staying in a beautiful house hidden in the heart of the forest surrounded by trees, squirrels, owls and the odd […]
17
Feb
littefrench receives glowing review in FT Weekend Magazine
Freddy Bird’s littlefrench received its latest glowing review in last Saturday’s FT Weekend Magazine. For restaurant critic and food writer Tim Hayward, littlefrench is absolutely worth the journey from London to Bristol, where understated yet elegant French cooking awaits with dishes such as Milk-Fed Pyrenean Lamb Chops, Chanterelle and Beaufort macaronade and Vieille Prune . He […]
11
Feb
You Magazine celebrates plant-to-plate eating with a series on Great Dixter’s new book
For two weekend’s running, You Magazine has sung the praises of Grow Fruit and Vegetables in Pots by Great Dixter’s head gardener, Aaron Bertelsen. In both eight page features, You Magazine shares some of Aaron’s best tips and tricks for creating vegetable gardens in a variety of urban spaces. This mini-series also features an author […]
10
Feb
Freddy Bird’s latest appearance on BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen
A visit to Saturday Kitchen is possibly one of the only way of getting me out of bed before 7am on a Saturday… but it really is the most enjoyable TV set to visit. On Saturday Freddy appeared on the show alongside the brilliant host Matt Tebbutt, supported by his drinks co-host Olly Smith, with […]
25
Jan
Don McCullin Show at Hauser & Wirth Somerset
Smith & Baxter were lucky to visit Hauser & Wirth in Bruton Somerset on Friday for a special press preview of Sir Don McCullin’s new exhibition The Stillness of Life and the solo show by artist Not Vital entitled Scarch. Both artists were on site to show a team of journalists and writers around both […]