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Category Archives: American Dishes
Going Undercover Dining in Hoxton
A morning of delight and discovery as I take a route across London on a new-to-me train through smart clean stations – is this really London I ask myself. Get off at Hoxton Station, through the empty barriers and, in less … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, American Dishes, Baccala, Coffee, Comforting Foods, London Dining, New Chefs, Perfect Eggs, Phoney Cooking, Salad, Salad and Digestion, Salt Cod
Tagged 'In Search of TASTE' Magazine, Andy Lynes, Brandade, Chef James Ferguson, Fergus Henderson, Herdwick Lamb, Kohlrabi, Menu de Marche, Metro Newspaper, Onglet, Panna Cotta, Picpoul de Pinet, Polenta Cake with Blood Orange, Rochelle Canteen, St John Bakery, The Beagle in Hoxton
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Tuccu’s My New Ragu
Never have I found a simple story so complex to nail. I fell on a meat sauce for pasta that excited me - effectively a ragú - from Genoa. Roberto Panizza (right), maker of the finest of all Pesto alla Genovese’s, has it on … Continue reading
Posted in American Dishes, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Ligurian, Rants, Real Italy
Tagged Bolognaise, Clod, Dring's of Greenwich, Fettucine, Geneve, Il Genovese Ristorante, Jo Wennerholm, Ligurian Olive Oils, Matama, Naples, Pesto Rossi, Porcini, Ragout, Ragu, Ragu alla Genuvese, Ravioli of Borage, Reale, Roberto Panizza, Swiss Guard, Tuccu, Tuccu Genovese
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The ‘Heavyweight’ Lady Boxer
I write from time to time about how my life is a duopoly of luck and discovery. The people I meet lead me to places and products which are of that simplicity and authenticity that so many can only dream of – … Continue reading
Posted in American Dishes, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Classic Rice Dishes, Food travel, French Markets, Great Chefs, London Dining, Simple Food, Techniques, Terroir
Tagged Anissa Helou, Arabella Boxer, Arabella Boxer's Book of English Food, Beatrice Miller, David Bailey, English Food, Evelyn Waugh, Lady Arabella Boxer, Lady Metroland, Penguin Books, Tessa Traeger, Vogue Magazine
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Art and The Gimlet
Film Noir, the thrilling, chilling genre of the 40s, was one of Art Siemering’s loves. He spoke engagingly about how Film Noir and food inter-acted at the 1999 Oxford Food Symposium (look it up on Google). Art was a very special … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, American Dishes, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Cocktails, Food Influencers, Food travel, Margarita, The Gimlet, Uncategorized
Tagged 'Psycho' (1960), Art Siemering, Augustina Porter, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Bogart, Boston Shake, British Merchant Navy, British Royal Navy, Carole Lombard, Chicago, Film Noir, Food Channel, Hitchcock, Hotel San Carlos, Joe Allen, Joe Allen (London), Kansas City, Limes, Limies, Mae West, Margarita's, Marilyn Monroe, Martini's, Noble & Associates, Phoenix Arizona, Pizzeria Bianco, Plymouth Gin, Portland, Portland Oregon, Rose's Lime Cordial, Scurvy, Simpson's-in-the-Strand, Slow Food, Spencer Tracy, Tanqueray Gin, Tequila, The Benson Hotel (Portland), The Gimlet, The Oregonian, The Savoy Hotel (London, Trend Wire
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Tom’s Steak Hache Yardstick
In a family that will cook and eat just about everything – without of course being plain daft, like Hugh musing is whether slugs would eat like snails – I’d say the answer was obvious and why try anyway? Junior in … Continue reading
Ribs – A commodity if ever there were
To think that it’s only 20 years or so since butchers would bin their pork ribs – then along came the Chinese and made them popular. Today’s prices reflect their arrival – ribs for four cost not far short of the … Continue reading
Posted in American Dishes, Blue Collar Gastronomy
Tagged American Baby Back Ribs, Chinese Spare Ribs, Jerk
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Wonderful Rachel Howard RIP
The name might escape many readers, but her face and persona won’t to anyone who ate at Joe Allen in these past 20 years. Rachel was first a waiter, then moved to the bar and became Head Barman. Here she … Continue reading