The ultimate BBQ guide #7 – the cocktail
Ryan Chetiyawardana, head barman at The Whistling Shop — the latest venture from the team behind London bar Purl — mixed this simple crowd-pleaser for Esquire. His riff on Brazil’s national cocktail, the caipirinha, uses London gin in place of cachaça, giving the drink a distinctly British slant. [Read more...]
September 7th, 2011
The ultimate BBQ guide #6 – Get the drinks in
Tired of the usual crate of branded lager based on which deal the supermarket had on. Mix it up at your next garden party with these more unusual brews, built for summer sessions. [Read more...]
September 1st, 2011
AA Gill is Uncle Dysfunctional
Dear Uncle Dysfunctional,
It’s our one-month anniversary and I’m taking my girlfriend to Paris for the weekend. I want to give her some nice underwear for the occasion. I don’t know where to start. Help. Tom, Putney [Read more...]
August 31st, 2011
The Style Column by Jeremy Langmead
Someone confided in me recently that this autumn is all about “Seventies luxe”. Although I nodded my head conspiratorially, I hadn’t a clue what they were on about. “Seventies luxe” sounds like something that might give you heartburn (acid reflux with flares). However, we’ve all got used to fashion designers plundering decades past and repackaging a period that we don’t recall as being particularly endearing in the first place, and the Seventies is definitely one of those. [Read more...]
August 24th, 2011
AA Gill is Esquire’s Uncle Dysfunctional
Dear AA Gill,
My wife and I went on holiday with her family. Her younger sister came down to the pool wearing a tiny bikini. “Ooh,” I said, “that’s one for the wank bank.” I wasn’t really sure if I’d said it out loud. The wife went tonto. “Did you just say you wanted to masturbate over my sister?” I tried to explain the harmless concept of the wank bank, that all men have one. But she won’t let it go. She has to know who else is in it, and if she’s there. And every time we go to a restaurant or a pub she says, “I suppose she’s a deposit in your savings account.” Please help.
August 23rd, 2011
The importance of bags – a buyer’s checklist
Just how do you tell a good bag from a bad one? With a history that stretches just over a century, Chapman knows a thing or two. Their chief executive David Chamier told us what separates the wheat from the chaff in the world of bags. [Read more...]
August 18th, 2011
The ultimate BBQ guide #5 – charcoal v gas
For some, gas is a swearword; others think “lumpwood” is a caviar. We asked Tom Byng, of upscale burger chain Byron, to finally settle the debate: [Read more...]
August 12th, 2011
The beard-off guide
Sporting a beard may have been acceptable during the recession (who didn’t feel like hiding behind a wall of facial fuzz?) but, now that things are beginning to look a bit brighter (we’re wearing colour for Christ’s sake!) it’s time to face the world again. If it’s been so long since you last shaved that you can no longer tell your shaving bowl from your post shave-balm, Matt Raine (AKA Mr Natty; session hairdresser and groomer) is here to show you the ropes. [Read more...]
August 11th, 2011
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