Dining Reviews

Mexican Street Food Adds Spice to Sun-Starved London: Interview Mexican food had barely made its presence felt in London until recently, unless you count tourist joints where the fare bears as close a relation to the cuisine as Walkabout bars do to fine Australian dining.

Top London Chefs Compete for Bids to Cook in Homes: Food Buzz Twenty leading chefs helped raise a total of 400,000 pounds ($600,000) for leukemia care when they prepared dinner and auctioned off their services for private dining at the annual Leuka charity dinner on March 8 in London.

See Nicole Kidman Sulk, Hear Chopin Play: Great London Weekend Steal a glimpse of a sulking Nicole Kidman as the Friday stop on your weekend in London.

Per Se, Ramsay Alums Bring Heat, Sodium Blitzkrieg to Recette Recette serves supermodel-friendly small plates and rewards the fashionably layered.

El Bulli Move Over -- Noma’s Culinary Challenge: Richard Vines Food lovers around the world who fret over their inability to get a table at El Bulli might do a lot worse than hop on a plane to Denmark and try Noma instead.

Joss Stone Vamps, Kahlo Meets Wrestlers: Great Brussels Weekend Shed your weekly woes with a soothing dose of minimalist culture at a Friday “vernissage,” or opening, in the Wiels arts center, Brussels.

Lily Raps With Dizzee, Dealers Outwitted: Great London Weekend Wrap up your week with a pair of New York art dealers who get tricked by a visiting conman.

Bankers’ Demand Outstrips City Eatery L’Anima: London Food Buzz L’Anima is to close temporarily in August because the restaurant in London’s City financial district is expanding to accommodate increasing numbers of diners as the economy recovers. The front will be demolished and extended to increase the capacity of the dining room and bar by 40 percent.

Heston Blumenthal, Delia Smith Form Unlikely Culinary Alliance Heston Blumenthal and Delia Smith are teaming up to become ambassadors for Waitrose food stores in the most unlikely of U.K. culinary alliances.

Prime Meats Battles Peter Luger, Minetta in NY Steakhouse Wars Prime Meats may be bringing the steak wars back to Brooklyn. It’s a win for nostalgia in this New York borough where “too cool” is quickly replacing “old school.”

Cipriani’s London Eatery Seeks Administration, Will Change Name Cipriani (Grosvenor Street) Ltd., the owner of a family restaurant in London, filed for administration to protect its assets while it appeals a court ruling that it must change its name.

TV Chef Raymond Blanc Breaks His Leg in Fall at Home (Update1) Raymond Blanc, the chef whose cooking series “Raymond Blanc’s Kitchen Secrets” is currently being screened on BBC Two, fell down the stairs at his home in Oxford this morning and broke his leg in five places.