David Kinch, chef of Los Gatos restaurant Manresa is celebrating the 15th year anniversary of the opening of the acclaimed restaurant with a visit by Italian three Michelin star chef Niko Romito of Reale. Together they will cook a collaborative 10-course menu that showcases the styles of both chefs. The dinners will be organised on November 11 and November 12. “Easily one … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2017
San opens in Gent
Sang Hoon Degeimbre, Belgian chef of L' Air du Temps in Liernu and creator of two successful Brussels restaurants called San has opened the third 'San' restaurant in Gent this week. After the successful opening of the first San restaurant in the Brussels centre and the second one in the area of Sablon, the ‘bowl’ concept is now also open in the Flemish part of Belgium for … [Read more...]
Food on the Edge and reinventing the food congress
Could Food on The Edge 2017 be the final nail in the coffin of the ‘Food Congress’ as we know it? If so, it’s about time. Because for 20 years the format – or should we say the frame – has always been the same. An auto-promotional, showing off, a dully TV-oriented gig on a stage starring the usual mix of techniques and dishes. A predictable playlist of chefs vogueing, making it … [Read more...]
Weekly roundup of great reads on food and wine #124
The Thrill of Losing Money by Investing in a Manhattan Restaurant: If you live in New York City long enough and appear to be successfully employed in an industry that Bernie Sanders dislikes, you will be asked at some point to do three things: sponsor a table at a vanity fund-raiser, become a “producer” of a Broadway play, and invest in a restaurant. I had no trouble declining … [Read more...]
Weekly roundup of great reads on food and wine #123
The Politics Of Pizza: How Italy's Flag And Food Are Deliciously Intertwined: A nation's flag embodies a defining aspect of its identity. It could be related to geography (the rising sun in Japan), nature (the maple leaf of Canada or the cedar of Lebanon), religion (the Christian cross or the Islamic crescent and star), political ideology (the hammer and sickle) or mythology … [Read more...]
