Archive for 'breakthroughs in taste'
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 [...]
Posted: May 6th, 2010 under breakthroughs in taste.
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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, [...]
Posted: April 21st, 2010 under London, breakthroughs in taste.
Tags: Alastair Hook, brewpub, Greenwich, master brewer, Meantime, Meantime Hospital Porter, Meantime India Pale Ale, Meantime Keller Bier, Meantime London Stout, Meantime Wheat Beer, restaurant, The Old Brewery
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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 [...]
Posted: April 4th, 2010 under London, breakthroughs in taste, events, meats.
Tags: Beaujolais Morgon Domaine Jean Descombes, Berkmann Wine Cellars, côte de boeuf, Côtes du Rhône Saint-Esprit, Daniel Young, darragh o'shea, dino joannides, filet au poivre, fillet, Henry Harris, London, onglet, Peter Lowe, racine, Santa Cristina, steak frites, steak frites tasting dinner
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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?
Posted: March 29th, 2010 under London, breakthroughs in taste, burgers, meats.
Tags: BurgerMonday, Greenwich, rarebit, Rivington, Rivington Bar & Grill, Shoreditch, Simon Wadham, umami, umami burger, Welsh rarebit, Worcestershire
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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.
Posted: March 21st, 2010 under London, breakthroughs in taste, pizza.
Tags: chiswick, franca manca, Giuseppe Mascoli, how to fold a slice of pizza, master class, napoletano, Neapolitan, PizzaTuesday, portofoglio
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#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?
Posted: March 13th, 2010 under London, breakthroughs in taste, meats.
Tags: #steakfrites, butter, cap, carving a côte de boeuf, côte de boeuf, demo, double rib chop, Henry Harris, o'shea's of knightsbridge, pan, racine, steak, video
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