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Saying hello and goodbye to Franks

Posted in ingredients, london, reviews, tagged , , , , , on September 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Trying to convince friends to spend their Saturday night on top of a multi-storey car park in Peckham is not one of the easiest things we’ve ever had to do. But anyone who’s had the fortune of going to Franks Bar this summer will vouch that it’s possibly one of the best nights out you [...]

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Gone fishing: lunch at One O One

Posted in chefs, ingredients, london, offers, reviews, tagged , , , , , on August 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Pascal Proyart knows his fish. You could say it’s in his genes. The grandson of a Brittany fisherman, he’s quite open about the fact he will one day retire back to the region, swap the big smoke for sun and sea, and spend his days out on his boat, fishing rod in hand.
But in the [...]

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Pass the whelks

Posted in French food, Travel, chefs, ingredients, markets, tagged , , , , , , , , , on June 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I’ve just got back from a visit to Rungis – the world’s biggest fresh produce market just outside of Paris. I was there writing an article for Yes Chef magazine and in the company of four esteemed chefs – the legendary Pierre Koffmann, Pascal Proyart, Mark Jordan and James Dugal. Just in case you’re picturing [...]

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Meat packing in Clapham – a culinary crime wave

Posted in ingredients, london, tagged , , , , on April 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I just saw a man fill his sports jacket with sirloin steak. I only noticed him because he was making a creaking sound as he walked past. I was queuing to pay for my eggs at the Sainsbury’s Local in Clapham South, which is frankly the last place you’d expect to encounter a ‘real [...]

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Cheap eats – six courses for six quid!

Posted in Local food, Michelin-starred restaurants, ingredients, london, reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Yeah, yeah, yeah – we’re all getting pretty sick (but not as sick as those folks over at the Fat Duck) of hearing about the recession by now. As a freelance journalist living in London and working through it, I could rattle on for days about the hardship of magazines and papers cutting freelance budgets, [...]

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Paris food porn

Posted in French food, General, Travel, ingredients, tagged , , , , , , , on March 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Ok, so I do know that it’s not really in the remit of this blog to keep posting about foreign food experiences (we are 54 food miles) but I just had to say something about my trip to Paris.
Predictably, the trip pretty much centered around food (well why on earth wouldn’t it?) and it was [...]

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Black Pudding Heaven

Posted in General, Local food, Recipes, ingredients, markets, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on December 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »

It’s a contentious issue, but I happen to think that black pudding is blooming lovely – and not just for breakfast. I recently went to a small, independent black pudding producer in Lancashire to see how it’s made and met a man who knows more about black pudding than most (although these guys seem to [...]

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