SpagWednesday Vongole Pop-Up: The Movie

 

photo by Vivian ConstantinopoulosFor my inaugural SpagWednesday pop-up on February 23rd I lured Francesco Mazzei out of his comfort zone in the state-of-the-art kitchen at L’Anima, his posh Italian restaurant in the City of London, to prepare spaghetti alle vongole (with clams) at Andrews, a 1950s greasy spoon. [Read more...]

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 great London butcher O’Shea’s of Knightsbridge. Each steak will be matched to a red wine selected by Peter Lowe of Berkmann Wine Cellars:

  • onglet aux échalottes <–> Morgon Domaine Jean Descombes 2008
  • filet au poivre <–> Antinori Santa Cristina 2008
  • côte de boeuf with béarnaise <– > Côtes-du-Rhône Saint-Esprit 2007
  • Space is limited. Book now.

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