Edward Schneider

The first Hawksmoor steakhouse opened in 2006 near London's Spitalfields Market, a couple of minutes' walk from the beautifully restored Christ Church Spitalfields, designed in the early eighteenth century by the architect Nicolas Hawksmoor. Hence the name.

Jackie and I never...

For the third year running, an international panel has just named Copenhagen's Noma the best restaurant in the world. I find it hard to take the panel's list as seriously as all that, but I can certainly say that our one meal at Noma a few...

Awarding gold, silver and bronze medals to restaurants may be a fool's errand given the inevitable subjectivity. But if you're planning to brave the crowds, disruptions and high prices of London during this summer's Olympic Games, you might want to try to score a table at a Mayfair simulacrum of...

Quo Vadis, in London's Soho, has been around since the 1920s and inevitably has had its ups and downs. Last time we were there, four years ago, we experienced one of its downs (noisy; inattentive service; too much stuff hanging on the walls; forgettable food). But the arrival...

Jackie and I used to visit our dear friend Richard in Paris at least once a year. Every evening, we'd have a drink at his apartment then go to dinner. After his death a couple of years ago, Paris had been pretty far off our radar, but we planned a...

I've been using web databases to plan trips for more than a dozen years. Here are three of my favorites, two focusing on opera and concerts and a brand new one on London that covers all manner of events and venues, many of which are bound to be new to...

When visiting London, we almost always eat late: after and preferably right near the theater. Here are three places we went during our March trip.

One night we took the bus up to Islington's Almeida Theatre and saw one of the final performances of an admirable and fascinating...

When traveling, as at home, Jackie and I usually don't ask for much at breakfast time: we don't need scrambled eggs with smoked salmon or home-toasted muesli. What we need is a terrific croissant with excellent jam or a Danish pastry of some kind. And decent coffee, whether it be...

I've long maintained that, even for an atheist, the best way to see a church is to attend a service there. Indeed, some churches can be viewed only during services; here I think of the Chapels Royal at London's St. James's Palace. Moreover, these buildings were built as...

London is surely one of the world's best museum towns. Visitors staying in Central London can easily spend all their time viewing rich collections within half an hour's walk of their hotels. But a longer hike, or a ride on a river taxi or bus or Underground train, will take...

Perhaps we're beyond the stage at which we need to gawk at women who have achieved success as chefs and restaurateurs. But only just: basically, this business remains a male-dominated sphere like too many others.

So, if you are interested in food and are going to be in London between...

On our recent trip to Barcelona, in addition to hankering after rice dishes, salt cod and chickpeas, Jackie and I also had a yen for churros, those sugared fluted ropes of fried batter. These are not as common in Barcelona as in, say, Madrid (or for that matter...

My wife Jackie and I have never been ones to flee wintery New York weather and head for sunny climes, but I must admit that it was nice to take off from JFK airport in January's sub-freezing temperatures and arrive in Barcelona. There, we needed no overcoats during the day,...

When planning a trip to London, my wife and I need to balance two keen interests: theater and dining. Since both take place in the evening (we're not lunch-eaters), dilemmas arise. But nowadays there are many options for after-theater meals, and we keep a list of restaurants that will welcome...

From, say, 3 to 5 p.m. the place to go in London if you want to spoil your dinner is one of the city's grand hotels, where you may take afternoon tea. Yes, all-day restaurants such as The Wolseley and its new sibling The Delaunay are...