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Diner-tastic
Here’s a fun piece from the BBC on American diners, posted to support tonight’s BBC4 documentary The Story of The Diner. Money quote: “‘The thing about this democratic counter is that anyone can go in and sit down. It can be … Continue reading
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On Location
Apologies for radio silence these last couple of days but, as you can see, we’ve been filming…There’s much to tell, from the bugs of Issan, grilled chicken a-go-go, the best Pad Prik Khing in the world, and more. One quick … Continue reading
Death Of An Original
Sad news today of Keith Floyd’s death. He was irreverent, arrogant, anarchic, shouted at the crew, spilled things and was very often sloppy in his cooking (aren’t we all?). But, he had something that few “telly chefs” now have: the … Continue reading
In Praise of Johnny Drama — Kitchen Viking
I’m watching back-to-back box sets of the brilliant Entourage at the moment, in anticipation of season 5 landing with a pleasing thud on the doormat in the next few days (Posties: please end your strike — I’m going cold turkey … Continue reading
The Big Block of Cheese
Somewhere between my bad French, my innate greed and the lovely-cheese-seller-from-the-Alps’ grasp of my bad French and my innate greed, I ended up with over a kilo of Tomme. Yes folks, that’s 2.5 pounds of pure Alpine cow milk in … Continue reading
Great British Menu…
… is back on BBC2 at the moment (I think it’s the third series). Chefs from different regions of the UK battle it out to see who will cook at a particular banquet. We had the Queen’s 80th a couple … Continue reading
Ode To The Two Fat Ladies
Just watching a re-run of the Two Fat Ladies on Saturday Kitchen. God they were good. The stunningly care-free Jennifer Paterson just makes me SMILE. Even then - and this was over ten years ago, because I remember watching them … Continue reading
TV Cooking vs. Real Cooking
I have been on a bit of a rant recently about TV chefs (who, me?), so here’s a great article on the subject from the New York Times. I totally agree. (Enjoy and comment please!) It’s certainly how I would … Continue reading
