Tom Parker Bowles & Olly Smith: Eating in
Tom relives the real-life pleasures of dining out with box kits from his favourite Italian restaurants Left: The River Cafe’s mozzarella with smashed chickpeas and roasted pumpkin. Right: Slow-cooked short rib of Hereford beef from Luca Just after noon on a brisk spring day, and I’m sitting outside at The River Cafe with co-columnist Olly Smith. As ever, he takes care of the wine, and as the food starts to appear, lockdown seems like a dim and distant dream. Here, with an old friend, in one of my favourite restaurants on earth. But then cold reality crashes through those blue-striped awni...