Heston Blumenthal on the Olympics

March 17, 2012 by
 |  Leave Comment
Heston ruminates in the Financial Times on what the Olympics will mean for London.  He also explains how he and Simon Hulstone, a young chef he mentored, have developed a new menu for British Airways, an Olympics sponsor, to be served July to September. Four of the recipes are included in the article. read more

A very special dinner

March 27, 2011 by
 |  Leave Comment
Every so often we get to do something that is so special we can't believe it's really happening.  I had that feeling this weekend when I had the privilege of attending a dinner cooked by two of the world's greatest chefs - Heston Blumenthal and Thomas Keller.  They had got together at a beautiful spot on the east coast of New Zealand at… read more

Eat Your Books Award at IACP

April 23, 2010 by
 |  Leave Comment
We just got back from the IACP Cookbook Awards where I presented the Eat Your Books Award.  All the nominees were tremendous books - we were delighted to present it to Stephanie Alexander for Stephanie Alexander's Kitchen Garden Companion.  Well, I would have done if she had been there so it went to Lauraine Jacobs from New Zealand (an ex-IACP… read more

EYB at IACP

April 21, 2010 by
 |  Leave Comment
We had our first day today at the IACP Conference in Portland, Oregon.  It was a packed and exciting day.  Lots of networking and meeting interesting people.  And tonight there was the opening reception where Portland's finest chefs and vineyards produced the food and wine.  Excessive sampling of everything ensued.  But the highlight for me was that I met Madhur Jaffrey -… read more

Jamie Oliver’s petition to improve children’s eating habits

April 1, 2010 by
 |  Leave Comment
Jamie Oliver has launched an online petition to improve the eating habits and lifetime health of America's children.  This ties in with his new TV show Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution which is currently showing on ABC.  Jamie hopes to present the petition to Barack & Michelle Obama at the end of the series. You can see how many votes your state has generated - if you live… read more

James Beard Book Award nominations announced

March 26, 2010 by
 |  Leave Comment
The nominations for the prestigious James Beard Cookbook Awards were announced today.  They can be viewed on our JB Awards nominations page.  We will be attending the awards in New York on May 2nd which is going to be exciting.  We have also created a page listing all the IACP Award nominations which includes the Eat Your Books Award. read more

Rose Gray of The River Cafe has died

February 28, 2010 by
 |  Leave Comment
I am so sad to hear that Rose Gray has died of cancer at the age of 71.  In my expense-account days in the TV industry in London, I would eat often at the River Cafe.  I can remember the first time I went there - it was so novel to have an Italian restaurant that was modern, classy and the… read more

Ruth Reichl on what cookbooks mean to her

February 9, 2010 by
 |  Leave Comment
Ruth Reichl didn't like Adam Gopnik's article in The New Yorker and on her blog she explains how her approach to cooking differs. I'm definitely in Ruth's camp - cooking because you love to do it and because you love feeding other people good things to eat. Adam's constant striving for perfection, and disappointment that each recipe never quite takes him there, doesn't connect… read more
Newer posts »
Seen anything interesting? Let us know & we'll share it!

Categories

Archives