A 16-year-old boy Flynn McGarry has been in the news internationally when he revealed that he would be opening his first restaurant in New York. Having launched his own supper club at the age of 11 the has already spent time in the kitchens of Alinea, Eleven Madison Park and Alma. He has been on the receiving end of strong criticisms. He is taking it in his stride as he tells … [Read more...]
A year of Food and Wine Gazette
A year ago today, we launched Food and Wine Gazette without knowing exactly which direction the website would take. Time flies and in many ways it seems like yesterday. That might be the case because it has been a crazy year. On top of a full-time job, we've been trying to build Food and Wine Gazette into what it is today and that path has gone way beyond our … [Read more...]
Interview with Peter Goossens: ‘Belgium has one of the best cuisines in the world but no one has said it yet’
"Belgium has some of the best chefs in the world and its cuisine is among the best in the world. But there is no one who has said it before. In France, gastronomy is part of their culture, they say it is part of their patrimony. When the French go abroad they say that they are ambassadors of gastronomy," says Peter Goossens in an interview with Food and Wine … [Read more...]
Noma’s Redzepi launches VILD MAD, a resource for learning, tasting and exploring wild food
Rene Redzepi has billed it as one of his proudest moments he can think of. And it is called VILD MAD (in Danish) or Wild Food. It is a resource for learning about, tasting and exploring wild food and is being launched in Denmark, the home of Redzepi, one of the world's best chefs. VILD MAD is split into three parts. The first is a curriculum for school kids in Denmark. … [Read more...]
Weekly roundup of great reads on food and wine #47
We may be biased because of our love for food and wine but Eve Turow has a point when she says that in a digital-first era, many people latch onto food as something that engages all of the senses and brings people together in a physical space. Read her views about millennials and why they are obsessed with food here. It might give us an indication on the future of … [Read more...]
