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Monday, 28 July 2014 11:38

The extraordinary diet of President Putin

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According to the Independent this weekend - everything Putin needs arrives by plane - Russian cooks, Russian waiters, Russian ingredients - and teams of diplomats who negotiate what he will be eating with the host country. He cannot be served milk products but no-one (except him?) knows why. He might be lactose intolerant but could just be terrified of poisoning. He cannot consume any foreigh foodstuffs that haven't been cleared by the Kremlin, and the cooking of any of his (Russian) ingredients by local cooks has to be supervised and approved by his 'Special Services'.

And I thought asking for a large espresso with hot milk on the side was fussy!?

Friday, 09 May 2014 18:51

Diamonds on the soles of our shoes

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Smart Casual - jacket not required. Smart - no jeans, no trainers, no shorts but ties not necessary. Casually Smart - jeans and trainers acceptable, jacket and standard shirt collar, tie not required. No sneakers... I do not want to be told what to wear when I eat out. Daft dress codes in dining rooms make me mad. A scruffy suit, an un-ironed shirt and a bad tie can look far worse than a smart pair of jeans and sneakers. There are many different pedigrees of jeans and sneakers and who is to tell me if mine are acceptable?

We called in at AquaShard last week - you don't need to book to get into to the bar on the 31st floor! We made it through the welcome party on the door to the fast and direct lift up to the bar. 'Sorry, I can't let you in' said the Maitre D' at the door. 'You are wearing sneakers'.

'Young man', I said in my best Suffolk dialect, 'there are people inside wearing sneakers'.

'They booked a table' replied the Maitre D'. 'If you had booked, we wouldn't turn you away, but as you have not booked, I cannot let you in wearing sneakers'.

We thought for a minute, then went up one more floor, in our sneakers, to Oblix, the bookings-only restaurant. We told them we had diamonds on the soles of our shoes. They let us in.

 

Monday, 03 March 2014 15:00

Candy flossed

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If you want to go all "molecular" with your cookery then look at infusions4chefs, based in Rougham, Suffolk for your ingredients.  I bought a Sosa Candy Floss aroma to use in a food trends workshop that I was running.  Now my car smells like a sweet shop.

Wednesday, 05 February 2014 10:36

Camelchino for me please!

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Fancy a drop of camel milk in your coffee? Well head down to Taylor Street Barista's at 125 Old Broad Street, London this week and 28 Queens Street, Brighton next week and you will find the United Arab Emirates produced camel milk "Camelicious" on the menu.

We are not ones for advocating produce that has travelled half way around the world, but this is in aid of Farm Africa, with customers encouraged to give a £1 donation for each coffee purchased.

Camel milk is very popular in the Middle East and North Africa and has five times the Vitamin C and half the fat content of cows milk. New rural enterprise anyone?

 

 

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Sunday, 29 September 2013 13:52

Now even birds have chefs?!

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Monday, 05 August 2013 18:43

The £250k burger is making me want to vomit...

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... all the things those Google billionaires could sponsor and they choose a stem-cell burger.

Thursday, 11 July 2013 13:40

Radical Dining

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Do we like this idea? Are things moving in foodie-world or am I just distracted by that really fit waiter with no shirt on...?

Thursday, 27 June 2013 22:15

Why all food bloggers should have an iphone5

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Are you sad and alone? Because iphone5 owners only take photos of their food...

This Saturdays media contribution to foodie enlightenment - featuring Pump Street bakery, and rather too many blogs from the US we think. But we do quite like A Girl Called Jack who has the cheapest tastiest recipes imagineable, proving that as long as you know how to cook, being on a low income doesn't mean you have to go to Iceland for everything.

Monday, 10 June 2013 10:13

How not to do your tax return...

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...look for foodie pictures on the internet.

 

 

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