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November 2009 - Posts
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Kitchen Italia Photo: courtesy of the restaurant Is a new Carluccio -style Italian chain in the cards? Owned and run by Villandry maestro Jamie Barber, and designed by Michaelis Boyd ( Pizza East ), all-day cantina Kitchen Italia hits Covent Garden 8 Read More...
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Following the template of its sibling, Mayfair’s celeb- and royal-courting Mahiki , City tiki bar Kanaloa serves very expensive tropical, rum-centric cocktails in coconuts, treasure chests and other novel vessels alongside Asian nibbles in a setting Read More...
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– By 2018, 43% of Americans are expected to be obese. [ NYDN ] – Gordon Ramsay has lost his right-hand man. [ Bloomberg ] – The Senate is considering requiring beef to be tested for E. coli. [ NYT ] – Top Chef contestants aren't Read More...
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Douglas Santi, who worked for Alain Ducasse at Louis XV in Monaco, St. Regis in New York and MiX at Vegas, is now at a new Mayfair restaurant specialising in Tuscan cuisine. At Babbo (no relation to the Mario Batali Greenwich Village favourite ), family Read More...
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Sketch pop-up cafe Photo: courtesy of the restaurant The holiday season tends to stir up surprises, which this year include two pop-up restaurants of note: Serpentine Bar and Kitchen 's Christmas marquee in Hyde Park, and a bespoke eco-friendly Sketch Read More...
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– Marcus Samuelsson will be working the kitchen at Obama's first state dinner. [ Obama Foodorama ] – The fight for Cadbury intensifies. [ WSJ ] – Chipotle sets its sights on London, Europe. [ NRN ] – Costco drops Coke. [ AP Read More...
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Tike Photo: Cindy Chen Nestled next to Fenchurch Street Station in a new Richard Rogers–designed building, Med brasserie Tike serves a midpriced menu, including Turkish meze and sharing plates, in bright, bi-level environs with floor-to-ceiling Read More...
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The gastropub brand Geronimo Inns is slowly introducing a whole cow concept to a select number of its eateries across London, including The Builders Arms , The Crown , The Eagle , The Northcote and The Prince Albert . Starting in January, chefs from each Read More...
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– The FDA is targeting caffeinated booze. [ WSJ ] – Meanwhile, its efforts to ban eating raw oysters didn't work out so well. [ NYT ] – Burger King franchisees lose 10¢ for every $1 double cheeseburger sold. [ NRN ] – Read More...
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Authenticity has never been more perfectly faked. Read More...
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Rum Old Fashioned with seared scallop and smoked bacon tian with bitter orange pan juices Photo: courtesy of Tiffing Word has reached the Buzz of Tiffing , an exclusive new monthly dining club that allows members of the public to mix with restaurateurs Read More...
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– A whole lot of info on what diners like to drink. [ R&I ] – Should the FDA try to prevent you from eating raw oysters? [ NYT , Slate ] – Burger King franchisees are suing over $1 double cheeseburgers. [ Miami Herald ] – Meanwhile, Read More...
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Each time we perform a survey here at Zagat, we inevitably find a ourselves with a slew of amusing outtakes that aren't quite fit for print. Which doesn't mean they aren't entertaining. Here are a few favorites from our just-released Cruise Read More...
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Prism Photo: courtesy of the restaurant Prism at Harvey Nichols in the City has reworked its menu to have more of a brasserie feel, offering simple British and Modern European dishes laid out in three sections. "Little picks" includes dishes Read More...
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maze Photo: courtesy of the restaurant After raising a cool £435,000 last year, Streetsmart ’s little cards are back on the table of many restaurants, with high-profile support from the likes of Gordon Ramsay , Fergus Henderson and John Torode. Read More...
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– Trying to save New Orleans' po' boys. [ NYT ] – 25 children were recently arrested in Chicago for...a food fight. [ NYT ] – The recession has been especially hard on Arby's. [ Slate ] – Meanwhile, Uno Express has Read More...
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Pizza East Photo: Cindy Chen Pizza East Photo: Cindy Chen On the huge ground floor of a famous Shoreditch landmark, Pizza East , the latest venture from Soho House ’s prolific Nick Jones, offers a sophisticated pizza menu (viz duck sausage, artichokes Read More...
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Ping Pong, the modern Asian “tea room” chain from London , is steaming across the Atlantic Ocean to open an outlet in Washington, D.C.'s Penn Quarter next month. As a side note, check out this nifty dim sum demo from the restaurant. Read More...
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Ending months of speculation, the Mandarin Oriental in Knightsbridge has confirmed that French chef Daniel Boulud ( Daniel ) will be opening a restaurant in the luxury hotel spring 2010. Designed as a French-inspired bistro and wine bar, Bar Boulud London Read More...
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– Cadbury has rejected Kraft's hostile £9.8 billion bid. [ WSJ ] – McDonald's is set to launch a $1 breakfast menu. [ WSJ ] – How did food carts become media darlings? [ BlackBook ] – Related: a clever Pratt student Read More...
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It was good, but not nearly as good as the employees kept telling me. Read More...
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A bit of Sicily comes to Fitzrovia starting Monday, 9 November, when chef Santino Busciglio opens the doors to his new restaurant Mennula, located on the former site of Gennaro Contaldo. Busciglio was formerly head chef at Number Twelve in Bloomsbury, Read More...
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– A baguette dropped by a bird stopped the Large Hadron Collider. [ Times ] – Linking obesity and cancer. [ MSNBC ] – Scripps (which owns the Food Network) sets its sights on the Travel Channel. [ EMD ] – Jamie Oliver, upholder Read More...
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Polpo Photo: courtesy of the restaurant Soho is one of the few areas of London where restaurants can survive by relying on passing trade, so perhaps it's not surprising that hot new Polpo has ditched its dinner reservation policy, following the likes Read More...
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It's as if the recession was already a distant memory: from now until December 19, Apsleys will offer a wallet-busting, nine-course tasting menu during which each course will be paired with a Dom Pérignon champagne. Dishes include scallops, Read More...
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– Illy is making inroads into U.S. coffee shops. [ WSJ ] – Gordon Ramsay is planning to bring the popular MasterChef to the U.S. [ THR ] – Sam Kass: assistant White House chef, policy wonk. [ NYT ] – Related: Iron Chef America Read More...
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Gordon Ramsay's The Narrow Photo by Cindy Chen Though fine dining may have cooled off a little as a result of the past year’s economic turmoil, celeb chefs remain as popular as ever. And, fortunately, many of them have opened more casual concepts, Read More...
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Kitchen W8 Photo: Cindy Chen Rebecca Mascarenhas and her new business partner, lauded toque Philip Howard, have given Kensington's former Bistro Eleven a genteel makeover as Kitchen W8 , which offers a refined Modern European menu from The Square Read More...
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InterContinental Hotels Group is opening its third restaurant at Crowne Plaza in the City, the eccentrically named Chinese Cricket Club, which joins the hotel's in-house Italian, Refettorio . From 17 November you can dine on crispy orange beef (punters Read More...
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– Talking with the troubled Ciprianis. [ Vanity Fair ] – The brewery behind PBR and Schlitz is for sale. [ NYP ] – Restaurants seek to better manage tip pools. [ NRN ] – Western foods are gaining in China. [ ABC ] – Where Read More...
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David Chang's pork neck with succotash Photo and recipe: courtesy of Phaidon Press For its latest cookbook, Coco , Phaidon Press turned to 10 world-leading chefs – Ferran Adrià, Mario Batali , Shannon Bennett, Alain Ducasse , Fergus Henderson, Read More...
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