Last week I watched two French restaurateurs, one from Paris, the other from the Lubéron, meet by chance outside Jean-Georges Vongerichten's recently…
13 Oct 2002 Nick LanderDublin may have lost some of its old fashioned charm - sadly Grafton Street now looks like any other high street thanks to globalisation and, equally…
10 Oct 2002 Nick LanderThe first of what I hope will be many columns for Business Life - which I intend to make as fun and didactic as possible - gives me the opportunity to…
4 Oct 2002 Nick LanderBecause I try to preserve my anonymity by not having my photo published with my articles, a policy which does make restaurant reviewing more…
4 Oct 2002 Nick LanderOn Sunday 13 October I, and three other restaurant critics - Fay Maschler of The Evening Standard, Caroline Stacey from The Independent and Bill Knott…
30 Sep 2002 Nick LanderRestaurants have played a considerable part in the inner city regeneration that has taken place in the UK over the past five years because…
29 Sep 2002 Nick LanderIslington in north London is, according to many, the new West End with scores of restaurants, drinking houses and outlets for retail therapy along its…
24 Sep 2002 Nick LanderNicholas Lander, an unashamed Francophile, writes an open letter to President Chirac of France over his concerns about the present, and future state…
19 Sep 2002 Nick LanderHere are three invaluable rules on how to eat outside when the mistral, the wind which whistles down the Rhône valley in southern France, is in full…
2 Sep 2002 Nick LanderThe debate over genetically modified foods may have slipped from the front pages but this situation can only be temporary. It is an issue of such…
16 Aug 2002 Nick LanderMakeovers, in which experts redesign other peoples' gardens, bedrooms and lounges, may be the current fad on television, but in the restaurant…
9 Aug 2002 Nick LanderBehind the scenes in the kitchens of Le Gavroche and Nobu A recent dinner at Zuma, the new, chic Japanese restaurant in Knightsbridge, highlighted…
25 Jul 2002 Nick LanderBritain made several distinctive contributions to the pleasures of eating out during the last decade, most notably a wave of exciting chefs, the…
14 Jul 2002 Nick LanderExpertly picking up a piece of tuna sashimi with his chopsticks, the dapper Peter Christopher exclaimed, 'I am delighted that we don't receive more…
3 Jul 2002 Nick LanderPicking up a napkin to protect her white Shanghai Tang blouse, Ruth Reichl took one look at the menu at St John in London's Smithfield and smiled.…
29 Jun 2002 Nick Lander
