I find Michelin dining, for the most part, pretty stiff. I always think I am going to like it a lot more than I end up doing, and rarely do I feel as though I got my investment back. But Noma was different, and so is Extebarri, but that is where the comparisons end.
I am a food tourist. It took me a long time to come to terms with this, but now I have life is now easier. Locations of holidays are more easy to pick, satisfaction more guaranteed. Why then, have I not been to San Sebastian before?
How fortuitous that the weekend of our Pig Adventure also coincided with Castellano’s All Things Pig Dinner in Bristol. Also very lucky was that our Pig weekend also happened to be in and around the West Country, so an adventure up to Bristol – a very nice detour to make – wasn’t too far a… [Read more…]
We lucky four were invited to the friends & family day of of Spuntino, the third, long anticipated restaurant from the hugely successful guys behind Polpo and Polpetto. I don’t think there is anything better than to see your friends do well at what they do – Go Rachel!
The second part of the Jimmy Sneed chat is now online for your viewing pleasure..
My friend Kelly has just shared with me this great video, and I thought it only best to share. Betsy Levine and Rachel Mark Devine, partners in life and in business found their calling when spending an extended break in Italy, where they came across a man called.. you guessed it, Salvatore. Opening their eyes… [Read more…]
Jimmy Sneed is from the old guard. Chef by profession and self confessed soul-saver by trade…
Trust NYC to come up with a new twist on the now relatively common place Pop-Up.
I stumbled upon this lovely collection of photographs this morning, which is a collection of images of what a buck gets you at local food markets in the US. We found that fresh produce was costing us quite a bit when we were travelling through, and whilst we were craving a stick of broccoli and… [Read more…]
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September 28, 2011 by Eliza
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