Grandpa Richard Steinhardt carousing with friends at the New Year, Vienna (1929) by Phil Hall . Grandpa was an admirer of Napoleon, and this was partly why he chose to live in Golfe Juan in 1972. The other reason they both chose to live in Golfe was because they had…
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Arun Kapil
Global Guts & Local Plates
Drying Roses, photo by Oziel Gómez Are You Crying Over Rose Petals? by Arun Kapil We live in the golden age of food fusion. From kimchi toasties to samosa tacos, the global pantry has never been more open. The streets of Cork, London, Birmingham and Dublin drip with imaginative remixes:…
Almond Macadamia Gazpacho
Classics are Classics for a Reason
Charlie’s Bar, Photo sourced online The heart of classical cooking is connection by Arun Kapil . Classic cooking, in an environment designed to inspire and bring joy, stands the test of time. In a frantic world, classic dishes shine. I love the new and the innovative—bold flavours and mixed textures….
Art
THE RIGHTS OF MAN & FISH
An introduction to The Rights of Man and Fish by Paul Halas History is bunk, to quote Henry Ford – which, of course, ignores the wider context of what he said, but then he wanted to sell us motor cars and probably wasn’t all that interested in the truth of…
Food
À BAS LE FAST-FOOD!
French cuisine ain’t as good as it used to be. The rot set in well before Chirac made his famous remarks, and seems to be accelerating. As someone who has visited and stayed in France frequently over the decades, I chart this decline with great sadness. French cuisine has always been celebrated for its excellence and variety, and has been inextricably a big part of my seventy year bout of Francophilia.
Food
Roadkill: Eat it, you are not guilty of its death
Stag in Richmond Park. Photograph Phil Hall Trillions of creatures die yearly, a massive cull which goes virtually unnoticed by Pete Field In the mid-sixties driving in the countryside meant squashed insects on the windscreen, sometimes hundreds of them. You had to get the wipers going, smear them off with…
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