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Bembridge Crab Cakes

With a peppery spring salad and chilli mayonnaise The Coast Bar and Dining Room By Luke Staples, Head Chef We love these crab cakes, and this recipe is always worth having up your sleeve. Great as a starter or light supper, these can also be served as warm canapés.   Ingredients   For the crab cakes 3...

Smoked Pollock and Egg Yolk Ravioli

Served with Raisin Purée and Curry Velouté The Royal Hotel By Sous Chefs Nick Dobson and Jon-Paul Charlo   Ingredients For the pasta dough 250g Type 00 pasta flour 1 Egg 4 Egg yolks 1 ½ tbsp Water 1 ½ tbsp Olive oil   For the home smoked pollock 500g Fillet of Pollock 100g Salt 100g Sugar   For the ravioli filling 500g Smoked Pollock 2 Egg whites...

Roasted Wood Pigeon

Served with Braised Spring Onions, Carrot Puree, Isle of Wight Wild Mushrooms & Game Bird sauce The Pond Cafe By Jo Bennett ‐ Head Chef Serves 2 Ingredients 2 Whole wood pigeons 1tsp Olive oil Salt 20g IW wild mushroom   For the braised spring onions 1 Bunch spring onions 2 tbsp Butter Salt & Pepper   For the carrot puree 1 Carrot peeled and...

The Interior Architect with Designs on Island Living

The Island’s newest and arguably most glamorous interior design service has recently been unveiled by PHG Cowes. Cath Ouston has been chatting to interior architect Caryl Terlezki to find out what brings her to work on the Isle of Wight. “I simply love the beach and being by the sea”,...

Science Fiction meets the Dentist’s chair from Amery House

Every New Year I like to take the opportunity to look back on the year past and forward to the year ahead. The past year certainly was a busy one as I travelled the length and breadth of the UK as well as abroad in my role as a postgraduate...

The Experimental Chef

When owner Tim Foster began to put plans in place to open beach side restaurant, Three Buoys, in Appley, Ryde, there was only one chef he had in mind to run the kitchen. So when the doors opened just over 10 months ago in May 2013, Sarah Clark began her...

Quality vs quantity: the secret to a good cup of coffee

Coffee aficionados have long been exclaiming the merits of one cup over another…but what really makes the difference? Dan Burgess from Island Roasted explains. Simply put, it’s quality vs. quantity. Coffee quality is split into several different grades: ‘Gourmet and Speciality’ coffee beans are at the top and are mainly...

Selling Dreams

Spence Willard emerged as market leaders in 2013, probably selling more houses over £400,000 than any other Island agent. They specialise in the best - large or small, ranging from period houses, contemporary properties, spectacular waterfront homes and farms. Whatever your taste, you can bet your dream house appears on...

Skin Healing Superfoods by Rowena Amos

The benefits of 'superfoods' are one of our main inspirations here at The Cabin. Having really sensitive skin myself I have always been a keen advocate of using natural products to help improve skin and health. So we all know that we can eat superfoods to improve our health but they can be equally impressive if used...

New beginnings at Andrew Ross

Andrew Ross, the busy and successful hair salon tucked away in Holyrood Street in Newport is under new ownership. Hair stylist Maggie Allen has gone into partnership with Trevor & Elaine Cole, who also own beauty salon ‘Just You’ next door, and taken over this popular establishment. Maggie Allen has...