Daniel Clifford’s food puts paid to the myth that Michelin stars are about cooking that thinks ‘creativity’ is more important than the puntersA brief ceasefire is duly declared in this column’s futile battle against the pernicious influence of the world’s most irritating food guide. For years I have railed against Michelin Stars In Their Eyes, [...]
Chef at Spain’s mecca of molecular gastronomy admits 15-hour days are ‘difficult’ and says he needs time with familyWhich restaurant will take on El Bulli’s mantle? asks Jay RaynerHe has inspired gasps of delight, groans of ecstasy and looks of deep confusion, but today Ferran Adria – chef at the famously experimental El Bulli restaurant [...]
MADRID (Reuters Life!) – Spain’s elBulli restaurant will shut for two years to allow Head Chef Ferran Adria to compile an encyclopedia of the recipes that have made it one of the world’s most celebrated eateries.
A man in rubber gloves, sickly food, a freezing loo: the crimes of the CriterionTHE CRITERION, 224 PICCADILLY, LONDON W1 (020 7930 0488). MEAL FOR TWO, INCLUDING WINE AND SERVICE, £120The Criterion restaurant on London’s Piccadilly Circus has been open so long Arthur Conan Doyle was able to site the first meeting between Holmes and [...]
It doesn’t look much from the outside, but step inside and you find yourself in a surreal Persian wonderland. The food’s not bad, eitherEarly in the decade though it may be for long-term predictions, I can’t imagine the next 10 years producing a more pleasingly curious or curiously pleasing meal than the [...]
Newcastle-Gateshead Eat! festival is asking home bakers to recreate its skyline in cake and puddings. What might you use to make the twin cities’ landmarks?Eat! NewcastleGateshead is not like other food festivals. Last year, it featured a search for the region’s best bacon butty, opened 10 secret Cuban-style paladres restaurants around the twin cities and [...]