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Slow food

27 October 2009

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Slow food

A post on Leo Babauta’s excellent Zen Habits blog about the Anti-Fast Food Diet which referenced the slow food movement inspired me to add to the debate about how we source, cook and enjoy our food. The full post is here and Leo bemoans the rise of McDonalds and other fast food outlets for contributing [...]

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Un Bon Repas

30 September 2009

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As I get older, and because I can cook reasonably well, I find dining out at restaurants tedious and generally rather unfulfilling. Tortuous service and barely adequate food are the order of the day, even in a country, France, that prides itself as the gourmet centre of the world. I know Nice attracts a lot of tourists, but [...]

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Raise a glass to Keith Floyd

16 September 2009

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FLAMBOYANT TV chef Keith Floyd died from a heart attack following a final gourmet meal where he had declared: “I have not felt this well in ages.” The booze-loving, chain-smoking 65-year-old had been celebrating partner Celia Martin’s birthday - and the news that doctors had given him the all clear from bowel cancer. The pair enjoyed a [...]

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