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October 2009 - Posts
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Photo: Hanna Horwarth The Brits don't have a long Halloween tradition – historically it was celebrated in Ireland, but every year that tide of pumpkins seems to grow and grow. In the darkening daylight hours, how about the Halloween party at Read More...
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– Menu labeling hops onto health-care reform. [ NRN ] – 2009 had the worst honey crop on record. [ Daily Green , via GS:C ] – Not with a bang, but a whimper. Ramsay kills Kitchen Nightmares . [ The Sun ] – The return of the milkman. Read More...
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Cassoulet of foie gras, cèpes, butternut squash and spinach at Le Bouchon Breton Photo: courtesy of the restaurant The season of gastronomic blowouts begins. East it's foie gras, West it's turducken. Kilburn gastropub Paradise by Way of Read More...
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Read the latest Twitter entries on ZAGAT.mobi ZAGAT.mobi just got Twitter-fied. Now when you look up restaurants on our award-winning mobile website, not only can you access our trusted ratings and reviews, you can also read up-to-the-minute comments Read More...
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Harvey Nichols has just refurbished its ladies-who-lunch venue, the 5th Floor Champagne Bar , which offers a salonlike setting inspired by Émile Gallé's champagne bottle design. Cocktails include the "Wild Flower" (vodka, fresh Read More...
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– Baltimore's "Meatless Mondays" has drawn ire from, wait for it, meat producers. [ Atlantic ] – McDonald's bails on Iceland. [ NYT ] – No, really, now is a good time to open a restaurant. [ Entrepeneur ] – Is Read More...
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Doukan Photo: Cindy Chen By day the Wandsworth Town newcomer Doukan is a cafe-***-deli, but by night it becomes a full-blown Moroccan restaurant with a moderately priced menu by TV chef Khalil Abdesslem, making his debut as a proprietor; the exotic environs Read More...
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As mentioned in our fall-openings guide, Kitchen W8, a new restaurant from business partners Rebecca Mascarenhas and Philip Howard of The Square , will launch on Wednesday, 28 October, on the former site of Kensington's Bistrot Eleven. Howard will Read More...
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– The troubled Smart Choices program takes a hiatus. [ WSJ ] – Top Chef to get its Just Desserts . Ba-dum-ching! [ Variety ] – Behind the U.S., France is the second most popular home of McDonald's. [ NYT ] – Home butchering Read More...
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Espresso Bar Photo: courtesy of the cafe Visitors to the British Library in Euston can now grab a superior cup of joe between book-browsing marathons. Oliver Peyton has just opened Espresso Bar there, serving churros, cakes, sandwiches and 21 varieties Read More...
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– McDonald's and Chipotle have done good business in the recession. [ WSJ , NRN ] – Related: McDonald's tests a dual-lane drive through. [ The Sun ] – Meanwhile, the number of hungry people in the world is on the rise. [ NYT Read More...
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Damien Hirst may be getting the some negative reviews for his paintings exhibition at the Wallace , which has a dining tie-in , but that hasn't stopped other venues from running similar promotions. The latest is Kings Place restaurant Rotunda , which Read More...
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Joël Antunès has been appointed executive chef at the forthcoming Park Plaza Westminster Bridge , which opens early 2010. Overseeing a host of operations, including a 200-seat signature restaurant, Antunès is making a return to London Read More...
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Still in mourning for the late, great Gourmet ? Help is here at www.thankyougourmet.com , a site where you can share your fondest remembrances of the food magazine. Anyone can contribute on this open blog started by food writer Renee Schettler (Real Simple Read More...
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– Morimoto is going fast-casual at airports. [ NRN ] – Restaurant matches are so hot right now. [ NYT ] – LA, deli capital? [ LAT ] – The Food Network Magazine should pat itself on the back. [ AdAge ] – You want banking with Read More...
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L'Anima photo: Cindy Chen In an effort to combat pasta's bad post-Atkins rap, the World Pasta Congress of Rome (yes, there is such a thing) has deemed October 25 to be World Pasta Day. In its honor, we thought we’d take this opportunity Read More...
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Hix Photo: Cindy Chen The demise of Soho’s plush Aaya has offered high-profile chef Mark Hix the opportunity to open Hix , his second London venue (after Hix Oyster & Chop House ), where he’s serving his trademark seafood-biased Modern Read More...
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Pipeline Photo: Cindy Chen On the border of the City and Shoreditch, idiosyncratic rock ’n’ roll bar Pipeline has been opened by the self-proclaimed ‘happiest Swede in London’, who named the place after a Johnny Thunders song, Read More...
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Floradita Photo: courtesy of the restaurant Cuban-themed hangout Floridita in Soho is five years old this week. To celebrate, tomorrow, Tuesday, 20 October, and also Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Cuban music legends Los Guayaberos return to play the Read More...
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– Restaurateurs are coming up with creative ways to keep lucrative Restaurant Weeks alive. [ NRN ] – Antique spirits for sale. [ NPR ] – What does carbonation really taste like? Sour. [ Wired ] – Is the iPhone the future of the Read More...
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Calling this food garbage is unfair to garbage. Read More...
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The Buzz doesn't usually recommend cookbooks, but Heston Blumenthal's emotional reception for Kevin Snook's A Boy After the Sea , held at his Traditional British restaurant Hinds Head in Bray last night, has persuaded us otherwise. A glittering Read More...
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– Kraft is considering selling Maxwell House to raise cash for its Cadbury bid. [ NYP ] – The Connecticut attorney general looks into the much ridiculed "Smart Choices" program. [ NYT ] – Coca-Cola goes mini. [ BJ ] – Read More...
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The London Restaurant Festival's inaugural year ended Tuesday night with an awards ceremony at The Street at Tea Building in Shoreditch, where happening new pie purveyor Pizza East opened its door for the first time (formal opening is tomorrow). The Read More...
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Criterion Photo: Cindy Chen The Criterion , the site of one of the oldest coaching inns in England, now offers afternoon tea for £29. The menu starts off with a glass of champagne, progresses to finger sandwiches and housemade scones with clotted Read More...
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– Chicken wing prices are flying higher than breasts. [ NYT ] – Forget about texting: is eating and driving a problem? [ Globe ] – Cracker Jack: still popular. [ NYT ] – Starbucks to add decaf instant to its lineup. [ SFBT ] – Read More...
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LUXE Photo: Cindy Chen John Torode has added a similarly styled sibling to his popular Smiths of Smithfield with the animated Modern Brit The LUXE , spread across three floors of Spitalfields Market; there’s an all-day ground-floor bar and terrace Read More...
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Not that we support office distractions like online games but...if you're looking for ways to keep busy on the boss' dime, how can you go wrong with a Zagat-themed game this good ? Here's the gist: Some clever soul has made a simple game that Read More...
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Gordon Ramsay The London Restaurant Festival was in full swing over the weekend, with 800 people sitting down to dine at the Leadenhall Market on Sunday afternoon (Richard Corrigan's "Tipperary Pig" and Fergus Henderson's "Quail Read More...
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– So long Fine Living Network, hello Cooking Channel. [ MediaWeek ] – Who should own the name of Tavern on the Green? Good question. [ NYT ] – The indomitable Alton Brown. [ Decider ] – Jamie Oliver's Asian invasion seeks investors. Read More...
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I asked the waitress what the soup du jour was and she replied 'Oh, that's the soup of the day.' Read More...
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Flash Sushi Photo: courtesy of Flash Sushi The Buzz is not quite sure what it thinks of sushi served on the bodies of naked women, but Flash Sushi, a nyotaimori dining experience, has proved so popular, it's sold out till Christmas. It's now just Read More...
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– People love food fests these days. [ WSJ ] – Calorie counts may be working after all. [ Atlantic ] – Charlotte Turgeon, another grand dame of French cooking, is dead at 97. [ NYT ] – Where have all the high-end sushi openings Read More...
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Launceston Place Photo: courtesy of the restaurant Chocolate Week doesn't hit town until 12–18 October, but this weekend, as part of the London Restaurant Festival, the May Fair Hotel will be hosting "Chocolate Unwrapped," the U.K.'s Read More...
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Le Bouchon Breton Photo: Cindy Chen As part of the London Restaurant Week , next week is wild mushrooms season at the Michel Roux co-owned Le Bouchon Breton and its sister restaurant Le Bouchon Bordelais . From Thursday, 8 October, through Tuesday, 13 Read More...
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– Mourning Gourmet . [ NYT ] – Related: looking back at Gourmet 's covers and its first issue. [ Eater , SE ] – Posting calorie information doesn't appear to make much of a difference in people's orders. [ NYT ] – On Read More...
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Polpo Photo: courtesy of the restaurant Based on the concept of a Venetian bacaro , where small, simple Italian dishes and local vinos are served in a humble setting, rustic Soho newcomer Polpo is the brainchild of a former director from Caprice Holdings; Read More...
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Dalston Superstore Photo: Cindy Chen Judging by its thousands of Facebook followers, graffiti-and-art-strewn boîte Dalston Superstore may very well be the coolest kid in increasingly trendy Dalston; upstairs, there’s a cash-only bar doling Read More...
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Cinnamon Club will celebrate Diwali Photo: courtesy of the restaurant This year, Diwali, the Hindu 'Festival of Light,' takes place 17 October. To celebrate, Chelsea Malaysian Awana is offering a six-course meal served on banana leaves for £13.50, Read More...
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– A strong case for better meat inspection protocol. [ NYT ] – Gourmet appears to be folding. [ Media Decoder ] – Sacré bleu! McDonald's is opening a restaurant in The Louvre next month. [ Telegraph ] – Food-service Read More...
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A friend convinced me to go. We’re no longer friends. Read More...
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The London Restaurant Festival (which just saw a mystery bidder put down a cool £23,000 on the table for a Gordon Ramsay feast for 10 on The London Eye) has announced an Art Lunch promotion with two of London's most popular galleries. Tate Britain Read More...
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– The rise of the rock star chef. [ WSJ ] – Sweet makers start fighting back. [ Gothamist ] – The Starbucks turnaround seems to be working. [ Economist ] – Top Chef host Padama Lakshmi is pregnant. [ US ] – Related: Cheftestant Read More...
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As promised , here is the second part of our vodka mixology lesson with Jeremy James Thompson at NYC's Raines Law Room . Today, he demonstrates the proper way to make a Staraya Modnaya, the Russian version of an Old Fashioned. And for those of you Read More...
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Tomorrow, 2 October, The Lanesborough 's chef de patron Paul Gaylor is throwing an enormous dining fundraiser at City of London's Guildhall. While top toques, including Angela Hartnett, Theo Randall and Ainsley Harriott, will be hosting tables Read More...
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