Luke Recommends
lukehoney recommended this 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Antique Jaques Staunton Chess set in a rare red leather Sarcophagus casket
lukehoney recommended this 3 weeks, 3 days ago
17th century gardening re-interpreted for the 20th century. Sublime.
lukehoney recommended this 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Lesser known Lutyen's country house. Edwardian decadence.
lukehoney recommended this 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Luscious, fragrant, inky purple- the rice of Emperors
lukehoney recommended this 3 months, 1 week ago
Early Hockney, especially his fine drawings (The Brothers Grimm series) and photographic montages.
lukehoney recommended this 4 months ago
Another bored housewife. This time in the South of France. Great performance by Kristin Scott Thomas.
lukehoney recommended this 4 months ago
The beauty of perfection. Sublime.
lukehoney recommended this 6 months ago
Lovely dish, but a devil to make- I managed to give myself serious burns
lukehoney recommended this 8 months, 1 week ago
Saturated Edwardian colour, 1909
lukehoney recommended this 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Invented by Caesar Cardini during the Prohibition era. Needs to be made properly- to the original recipe.
lukehoney recommended this 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Bit of a "faux" tartan this one. Legend has it that "Childers Universal" was invented by Erskine Childers (author of The Riddle of the Sands) as a "Universal" tartan that could be worn by Englishmen at government functions. This may or may not be the case, but it's one of the more tasteful tartans, in my opinion, and would make an excellent picnic rug- or indeed, a pair of ultra smart trews.
lukehoney recommended this 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Of course, of course....the ubiquitous, much maligned, classic cocktail, as drunk by the English in huge quantities. London Dry Gin, Schweppes Tonic Water, Ice, Slice of Lemon or Lime. Served cold. That's it.
lukehoney recommended this 8 months, 2 weeks ago
In early Summer the hedgerows of England are full of the smell of Wild Garlic. It has a much subtler, milder taste than standard garlic bulbs, and is brilliant to use in risotto.
lukehoney recommended this 8 months, 2 weeks ago
"Cinemage" film music, includes his haunting track from "Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence".
lukehoney recommended this 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Oh how I loved this when it first came out in 1990! Watched it over and over again. Whit Stillman's brilliant low-budget take on Manhatten preppies on the Deb Circuit. Lots of talking, not much action, script-led, witty, urbane, slightly jerky direction; like modern-day Jane Austen. If you loathed "Titanic" you're going to love this.
lukehoney recommended this 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Truly wonderful music from Michel Legrand. Catherine Deneuve is stunning; Demy's saturated 'technicolor' vision is charming. The last sequence, set in an Esso garage is genuinely moving. Great classic of the French New Wave.
lukehoney recommended this 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Jacques Tati's 1958 comedy. Slightly surreal, hardly a word spoken, a gentle dig at the fashionable French modernism of the period.
lukehoney recommended this 8 months, 2 weeks ago
So simple. Mutton (or Lamb), potatoes, possibly carrots. But it works. Sometimes simplicity in food is the way forward.
lukehoney recommended this 8 months, 2 weeks ago
An acquired taste, but once you've got the hang of it...used in Pink Gin, and good as a flavour enhancer in cooking. Piquant.