My bloody messy Valentine for The Guardian Food website

"When it comes to Valentine's Day meals it's what's on the inside that counts, and frequently that's a very good thing indeed. Have you ever come a cropper dining with a date?

With Valentine's Day just around the bend, every Champagne merchant and oyster fisherman is doing their level best to convince us that the most romantic way to spend that particular Sunday is by force-feeding your significant other yeasted wine and raw molluscs."

To read the full article "My Bloody Messy Valentine" for The Guardian Food website, by freelance food and drink journalist Craig Butcher, click here to go to The Guardian Food website.

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Top 10 romantic British restaurant experiences

"Who says romance is dead? From the lochside to the seaside, hotel chic to rural retreat, there are some fantastically romantic restaurants to treat your special someone this Valentine's Day. Craig Butcher teases them out for 4Food."

To read the full article "Top 10 romantic British restaurant experiences" all about Britain's most romantic restaurants across the UK, from The Langham Hotel Landau restaurant to Galvin at Windows and Spanish tapas restaurant Brindisa, by freelance journalist Craig Butcher for the Channel 4 Food website, the UK's biggest food website, click here.

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Prague's Best Hotels for The Sunday Times Travel Magazine

"Musical genius, banking brilliance or quiet restraint - Czech into Prague's best beds"

To read the full article "Rest Assured: Prague" all about the best hotels in Prague, Czech Republic, to suit all budgets, including the Aria Hotel, the Carlo IV and the Kempinksi Hybernska, by freelance travel journalist Craig Butcher for leading monthly travel magazine, the Sunday Times Travel Magazine in the March 2010 issue, click here or pick up the issue on news-stands, available until March 3rd, 2010.

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Top 10 Healthy Eating Restaurants for Channel 4 Food Website

"After any seasonal feast, comes famine. But, as Craig Butcher discovered for 4Food, you can still enjoy all your favourites without the calories. From no-cream Indian to Michelin-starred goodness, 4Food shows you can have your cake and eat it."

To read the full article "Top 10 healthy eating UK restaurants" all about the best healthy eating restaurants across the UK, from vegetarian restaurant Terre A Terre to Michelin-starred Nottingham Restaurant Sat Bains and Bristol's Bordeaux Quay, by freelance journalist Craig Butcher for the Channel 4 Food website, the UK's biggest food website, click here.

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Features coming out soon

The Sunday Times Travel magazine have commissioned a hotel review feature for their March 2010 issue. The monthly magazine from the UK's best-selling Sunday Times newspaper will be available in the first week of February 2010.

The Channel 4 Food website have commissioned several new features for January 2010. The number one food website from Channel 4 have commissioned a healthy eating feature for the new year, as well as a drinks feature also for January 2010.

The website for the UK's leading quality men's monthly magazine, GQ, have commissioned several features for January 2010, including a Burn's Night feature, a London restaurants feature including restaurant reviews, as well as a hotel lifestyle feature. The Burns Night feature will be available on the GQ website ahead of the 25th January. The restaurants and hotels features will be available in early February.

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