Well, we left 2007 in a haze of Nigella Express, Jamie at Home and Heston Blumenthal. Oh, and Gordon. He’s always on. What’s new for 2008, you ask?
Channel 4 is encouraging us to think before we eat. Interesting, they’re not asking us to think before we watch. Can someone do a documentary on Channel 4? Anyway…
Lovable tree-hugger Hugh of the River Cottage is back on television following his fish book and his fantastic column in the Guardian weekend. (I missed him over Christmas – Angela Hartnett is great, but I love Hugh’s back-to-basics approach.)
His show – Hugh’s Chicken Run – aims to show us just what buying a battery chicken means. The kindly man wants to encourage us – and the supermarkets – to buy free-range. It sounds like this one could get a bit gruesome.
More chicken: Jamie is back (naturally) with Jamie’s Fowl Dinners. Evidently, 9 billion eggs and 900 million chickens are produced every year in the UK. We’re in for another lesson to learn about the different ways of rearing chicken and another debate about the reality of chicken production.
More and more gordo, our gin-soliciting man. In Cook-A-Long-A-Gordon, a one hour special, we’re going to see how to cook quickly without sacrificing anything.
Eat Yourself to Death is another You Are What You Eat without the poo-crazed lady running around. Be prepared to be disgusted by what food can do to you.
In what sounds potentially interesting, The Diet that Time Forgot takes us to Pakistan’s Shimshal people, who are said to eat the healthiest diet in the world. There are no additives, saturated fats or heavily-sugared foods.
The Raw Food Diet goes under the microscope in Health Food Junkies. We learn more about the diet that prohibits eating food that is about 45 degrees C.
What do you think? I myself am likely to check these out initially, but I’m not sure how long I’ll last. I’d rather spend my time in the kitchen…
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Wednesday, 10 October 2007
A dozen Michelin stars for Gordon Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay has received two more Michelin stars, rounding his total to twelve and putting him at the top of the list for most stars received with French chef Alain Ducasse.
His latest pair of stars comes for his restaurant in New York City, Gordon Ramsay at the London, which opened last November. The Michelin rating system awards two stars for venues with “excellent cuisine, worth a detour.”
Not all would agree: Frank Bruni, the New York Times food critic was not impressed on his first outing at the restaurant, which has been reportedly further plagued by neighbourhood complaints and staff disagreements.
The Michelin guide has existed in some form since the early 20th century, and is known for its minimalist approach to awarding stars. One star denotes "a very good restaurant in its category"), while three stars identifies "exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey".
Gordon Ramsay’s eponymous restaurant in London is the only three-starred venue in the UK capital. Speaking about his New York City restaurant, he was quoted as saying, “I won’t sleep until I get three stars in the bag.”
Three menus are available at the London: a set lunch menu, an a la carte menu, and the prestige menu, a set menu available from 5:30-10:30pm.
The prestige menu includes nine courses: a canapé; pressed foie gras and game with port sauce and pickled mushrooms; lobster ravioli with celery root cream and shellfish vinaigrette; striped bass fillet with pak choi and caviar velouté; either fillet of corn-reared Brandt beef with braised oxtail and sauce Bordelaise or roast cannon of lamb with candied onions, confit tomatoes and marjoram jus; roasted pineapple with crystallized cilantro or Selection of cheeses from the trolley; apricot soufflé with Amaretto ice cream; and teas, coffees, infusions and a Bon Bon trolley.
A vegetarian version of the prestige menu is also available.
His latest pair of stars comes for his restaurant in New York City, Gordon Ramsay at the London, which opened last November. The Michelin rating system awards two stars for venues with “excellent cuisine, worth a detour.”
Not all would agree: Frank Bruni, the New York Times food critic was not impressed on his first outing at the restaurant, which has been reportedly further plagued by neighbourhood complaints and staff disagreements.
The Michelin guide has existed in some form since the early 20th century, and is known for its minimalist approach to awarding stars. One star denotes "a very good restaurant in its category"), while three stars identifies "exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey".
Gordon Ramsay’s eponymous restaurant in London is the only three-starred venue in the UK capital. Speaking about his New York City restaurant, he was quoted as saying, “I won’t sleep until I get three stars in the bag.”
Three menus are available at the London: a set lunch menu, an a la carte menu, and the prestige menu, a set menu available from 5:30-10:30pm.
The prestige menu includes nine courses: a canapé; pressed foie gras and game with port sauce and pickled mushrooms; lobster ravioli with celery root cream and shellfish vinaigrette; striped bass fillet with pak choi and caviar velouté; either fillet of corn-reared Brandt beef with braised oxtail and sauce Bordelaise or roast cannon of lamb with candied onions, confit tomatoes and marjoram jus; roasted pineapple with crystallized cilantro or Selection of cheeses from the trolley; apricot soufflé with Amaretto ice cream; and teas, coffees, infusions and a Bon Bon trolley.
A vegetarian version of the prestige menu is also available.
A dozen Michelin stars for Gordon Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay has received two more Michelin stars, rounding his total to twelve and putting him at the top of the list for most stars received with French chef Alain Ducasse.
His latest pair of stars comes for his restaurant in New York City, Gordon Ramsay at the London, which opened last November. The Michelin rating system awards two stars for venues with “excellent cuisine, worth a detour.”
Not all would agree: Frank Bruni, the New York Times food critic was not impressed on his first outing at the restaurant, which has been reportedly further plagued by neighbourhood complaints and staff disagreements.
The Michelin guide has existed in some form since the early 20th century, and is known for its minimalist approach to awarding stars. One star denotes "a very good restaurant in its category"), while three stars identifies "exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey".
Gordon Ramsay’s eponymous restaurant in London is the only three-starred venue in the UK capital. Speaking about his New York City restaurant, he was quoted as saying, “I won’t sleep until I get three stars in the bag.”
Three menus are available at the London: a set lunch menu, an a la carte menu, and the prestige menu, a set menu available from 5:30-10:30pm.
The prestige menu includes nine courses: a canapé; pressed foie gras and game with port sauce and pickled mushrooms; lobster ravioli with celery root cream and shellfish vinaigrette; striped bass fillet with pak choi and caviar velouté; either fillet of corn-reared Brandt beef with braised oxtail and sauce Bordelaise or roast cannon of lamb with candied onions, confit tomatoes and marjoram jus; roasted pineapple with crystallized cilantro or Selection of cheeses from the trolley; apricot soufflé with Amaretto ice cream; and teas, coffees, infusions and a Bon Bon trolley.
A vegetarian version of the prestige menu is also available.
His latest pair of stars comes for his restaurant in New York City, Gordon Ramsay at the London, which opened last November. The Michelin rating system awards two stars for venues with “excellent cuisine, worth a detour.”
Not all would agree: Frank Bruni, the New York Times food critic was not impressed on his first outing at the restaurant, which has been reportedly further plagued by neighbourhood complaints and staff disagreements.
The Michelin guide has existed in some form since the early 20th century, and is known for its minimalist approach to awarding stars. One star denotes "a very good restaurant in its category"), while three stars identifies "exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey".
Gordon Ramsay’s eponymous restaurant in London is the only three-starred venue in the UK capital. Speaking about his New York City restaurant, he was quoted as saying, “I won’t sleep until I get three stars in the bag.”
Three menus are available at the London: a set lunch menu, an a la carte menu, and the prestige menu, a set menu available from 5:30-10:30pm.
The prestige menu includes nine courses: a canapé; pressed foie gras and game with port sauce and pickled mushrooms; lobster ravioli with celery root cream and shellfish vinaigrette; striped bass fillet with pak choi and caviar velouté; either fillet of corn-reared Brandt beef with braised oxtail and sauce Bordelaise or roast cannon of lamb with candied onions, confit tomatoes and marjoram jus; roasted pineapple with crystallized cilantro or Selection of cheeses from the trolley; apricot soufflé with Amaretto ice cream; and teas, coffees, infusions and a Bon Bon trolley.
A vegetarian version of the prestige menu is also available.
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