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how a dish is like a suitcase

Before adding a new dish to the menu, the astute chef scrutinizes it as a practiced traveller would his or her packed suitcase: 1. Search the contents and identify the least necessary item. 2. Remove that item. This case for simplicity can be applied to many of life’s pursuits. We can all benefit from shedding [...]

Great Greenwich pairings at the all new Old Brewery

Nearly any sane person stepping up to the bar at The Old Brewery in Greenwich would spot the taps for Meantime London, lick his or her lips and think ‘great brews’. The name is already a clue this new establishment has something to do with beer. Only a certified cafenatic would look between those taps, [...]

epic steak frites dinner: sizing up the cuts

The next youngandfoodish Steak Frites Tasting Dinner will be Tuesday 25 May in the private dining room of Racine Restaurant in London. The menu will again feature three steak classics – onglet aux échalottes, filet au poivre, côte de boeuf – prepared by chef Henry Harris with the finest cuts of dry-aged, grass-fed beef selected by Darragh O’Shea of the [...]

Rivington burger a rare bit of umami

The image I chose for the twitter profile of @burgermonday is a photograph of a burger that is both remarkable and British. Why remarkable? Why British?

how franco manca folds a slice of pizza

The next #PizzaTuesday is on the 23rd of March 7:30pm at Santore, Exmouth Market, London EC1. BOOK NOW.

#steakfrites video finale: côte de boeuf

Chef Henry Harris of London’s Racine babies a côte de boeuf thick enough to stand up on its side in the pan. He bastes the double rib chop from O’Shea’s of Knightsbridge with butter as the aged beef’s marbling self-bastes its interior with fat. Why do you love #steakfrites?