Archive for 'London'
#steakfrites video 4: beating béarnaise anxiety syndrome
In part 4 of Steak Frites – Mastering the Cuts, an empathetic Henry Harris of Racine feels the pain of any cook, home or professional, who’s experienced béarnaise anxiety syndrome. He explains how to save a split béarnaise. Unfortunately, his advice will of no help to any unlucky diner who is served a curdled, runny [...]
Posted: March 11th, 2010 under London, meats.
Tags: #steakfrites, Bearnaise, béarnaise anxiety syndrome, classic, classic sauce, dried taragon, Henry Harris, how to save a broken béarnaise, saving a split béarnaise, steak sauce
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snaps from #PizzaTuesday at Pizza Metro
The next #PizzaTuesday is 16th March at Franco Manca is Chiswick. BOOK NOW
Posted: March 10th, 2010 under London, pizza.
Tags: 23rd February, @youngandfoodish, Battersea, Pizza Metro Pizza, PizzaTuesday
Comments: 2
#steakfrites video 3: filet au poivre
In part 3 of Steak Frites – Mastering the Cuts, Henry Harris of Racine Restaurant stresses that the rich, almost syrupy sauce in which his pepper-crusted showcase steak sits should not be likened to brandied butter or a flavoured stock. Rather, a proper filet au poivre, its peppery kick notwithstanding, is about bringing everything together [...]
Posted: March 10th, 2010 under London, meats.
Tags: #steakfrites, Armagnac, brian jones, burning off alcohol, filet au poivre, Henry Harris, pepper, racine, steak, steak frites, why do you love #steakfrites?
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#steakfrites video 2: the shalls & shallots of onglet
In the second part of steak frites – mastering the cuts, Henry Harris reveals the shalls and shall nots of onglet aux échalottes. Onglet, a butcher’s cut, may also be called skirt, hanger or, if it’s the prized onglet from O’Shea’s of Knightsbridge seen in this video, “Steak O’Shea”.
If the video has made you salivate, as [...]
Posted: March 9th, 2010 under London, meats.
Tags: #steakfrites, bordelaise, hanger, Henry Harris, o'shea's of knightsbridge, onglet, shallots, skirt, steak, steak frites
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steak frites – mastering the cuts
To enhance and celebrate our shared appreciation for an unsurpassed pairing of meat and potatoes, youngandfoodish launches steak frites – mastering the cuts, a series of 6 web videos featuring Racine chef Henry Harris, with meat by Darragh O’Shea of O’Shea’s of Knightsbridge.
The daily release of the videos, shot by Brian Jones and co-produced by [...]
Posted: March 8th, 2010 under London, meats.
Tags: allumette, blanch, brian jones, competition, darragh o'shea, dino joannides, frites, Henry Harris, Maris Piper, mastering the cuts, o'shea's of knightsbridge, pommes allumettes, pont neuf, racine, steak frites, Twitter, why do you love steak frites
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Changing the perception but not the taste of Greek food
With the London launch of its Taste of Greece promotion The Greek National Tourism Organisation made it clear Tuesday 9 February 2010 was no day to be in Athens. A European capital already confronting a financial crisis was without two culinary giants who, ignoring unmistakable discrepancies in waistlines and hairlines, might be deemed the Heston [...]
Posted: February 12th, 2010 under London.
Tags: Charlie Trotter, Christoforos Peskias, Cookbook Cafe, deconstructionist, Ferran Adria, feta, GNTO, Greek National Tourism Organisation, Heston Blumenthal, mastic, Pierre Hermé, pork belly, Raymond Blanc, Real Greek, sous-vide, souvlaki, Stelios Parliaros, Taste of Greece, Tonia Buxton
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Roman pizzeria to London: “Datte Foco”
These days it’s easy to pick out the Italian expats on Stoke Newington Church St. They’re the ones picking their jaws up from the pavement after having spotted the words DATTE FOCO – slang for “light yourself on fire” – spelled out in white letters on the shop window beside the Three Crowns pub. Datte [...]
Posted: January 20th, 2010 under London, pizza.
Tags: Cooking the Roman Way, Datte Foco, David Downie, Food Wine Rome, Herbie Leonelli, Neil Belgrave, pizza al taglio, pizza bianca romana, pizza Tuesdays, Pizzeria Rosso, Prati, Rome, Stoke Newington
Comments: 15
Lots of latkes for me to eat
Anyone who came here looking for a Cinderella story will be disappointed: The lead character in this Covent Garden tale is less an Eliza Doolittle than a Danny Didmuch. His fall from grace is revealed on a cold and rainy Thursday in December, when the former food critic of a major daily newspaper and [...]
Posted: December 8th, 2009 under London.
Tags: Chanukah, Covent Garden, Eliza Doolittle, Hanukkah, latke, latkes, piazza, potato pancakes, red caviar, Royal Opera House, salmon roe, sour cream, Tchaikovsky, Tsarina's Slippers
Comments: 3
London EATinerary turns into a food crawl
Two dear colleagues would be visiting from LA and I had to plan the meals and coffee breaks for their London stopover. The pressure I felt was considerable: Were these demanding food obsessives coming directly from California and not via Italy my task would have been difficult enough. But knowing they would be arriving with [...]
Posted: November 11th, 2009 under London.
Tags: Borough Market, bottarga di tonno rosso, Bugaboo, Chez Panisse, Chiramonte Gulfi, District line, Dock Kitchen, Gerardo di Nola, Kappacasein, Ladbroke Grove, Langhe, Marzamemi, Micro Scooters, Monferrato, Monmouth Coffee, Petersham Nurseries, Piedmont, Poggio di Bortolone, Portobello Docks, Richmond, Shoreditch, Sicily, spitalfields, St. John Bread and Wine, Tayyabs
Comments: 5
Byron the Lib Dem of London hamburgers
Byron makes an eminently likeable burger. That the UK chain of hamburger restaurants uses a mix of rump, chuck and brisket from traceable, grass-fed, 21-day, 100% Aberdeen Angus beef makes for interesting reading while you’re waiting for your burger to cook. But commendable sourcing is no sure indicator of a good result.
Posted: November 4th, 2009 under London, meats.
Comments: 5








