Old English classicsI was in London this week and whilst the tremors of the world economic crisis were evident, this did not prevent me from having a good time.
September 20, 2008
Cutting edge technologyThe beginning of great cooking is the acquisition of serious knives. In the kitchens of great restaurants, a chef is judged by his peers by the way he/she keeps their knives.
September 5, 2008
For a taste of JapanIn the 1980s, it was said that you could tell whether a city was gastronomically sophisticated by one sure sign — did it have a Japanese restaurant?
August 22, 2008
For the true pasta loverPasta in its various avatars has been around forever. It is claimed that Marco Polo brought back the recipe from China, but there are references in Roman times to pasta.
August 8, 2008
Bombay’s club cuisineWith the opening of the Olive restaurant at the Amateur Rider’s Club Enclosure and the impending opening of the Indigo (although it won’t be called that) at the Turf Club
July 26, 2008
The cuisine of RajputanaThere used to be a restaurant in the Oberoi in the ’90s called Mewar, which specialised in this style, but it closed down; there is currently no restaurant in Mumbai serving Rajput food.
June 27, 2008
The magic of Italian cuisineI was pottering around a second hand bookshop in Brighton last month; such visits occasionally yield up unexpected treasures.
June 13, 2008
The Indian conundrumSecondly, the menu, whilst exotic, is also homely with a good local regional representative, coastal, Chettinad.
May 30, 2008
Tasting spice down southChennai has long been considered conservative and parochial, dominated by the Tam Bram culture and a far cry from cosmopolitan chic.
February 1, 2008
Death of the formal mealOne of the most salient features of contemporary dining making a shift from traditional eating and entertaining is the demise of the entrée.
December 22, 2007
Lessons from the death of a spyIf Bush fudged the evidence about WMDs as an excuse to invade Iraq, Putin may have blown up hundreds of Muscovites to bolster a military presence in Chechnya
December 2, 2006
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