Eating in restaurants, at home or in friends' houses fulfils very distinct objectives and brings very different pleasures. Restaurants can bring…
27 Apr 2003 Nick LanderAmidst all the paperwork, meetings, emails, lists and phone calls that are involved in Lunch with the FT it is very easy to forget that what we…
14 Apr 2003 Nick LanderFor those fortunate enough to keep a watching eye on the ever changing progression of chefs worldwide there is considerable consensus that the three…
25 Mar 2003 Nick LanderIt has been the best year for European truffles, both black and white, since the late 1980s thanks to a unusual combination of sun and…
7 Mar 2003 Nick LanderWhen pukkabar was forced to close in Barnes, south-west London, in August 2002 because restaurateur Trevor Gulliver and the landlords could not agree…
2 Mar 2003 Nick LanderThe past 20 years, which I believe has been the golden age of restaurants, has produced some exceptional and highly unlikely occurrences: the…
1 Mar 2003 Nick LanderMonday 10 February 2003 was a red-letter day in my life and not just because a most generous friend served a flush of great wines at dinner of which…
16 Feb 2003 Nick LanderThere are restaurants everywhere, sadly an increasing number of them struggling to attract enough customers, yet two meals in London last week showed…
21 Jan 2003 Nick LanderBefore lunch with Danny Meyer, New York's, if not America's most respected restaurateur, at Tabla one of his five restaurants, I watched him make his…
15 Jan 2003 Nick LanderUncle Albert, an old family friend, had a philosophical approach to life when times were hard. In business he would only buy penny stocks - the only…
12 Jan 2003 Nick LanderFive, as far as food is concerned, is the ideal number. At home to be able to cook for five others plus yourself is perfect, the correct ratio between…
6 Jan 2003 Nick LanderNorthcote Manor, the celebrated hotel and restaurant run by Nigel Haworth and Craig Bancroft in Langho, Blackburn, Lancashire celebrates its tenth…
30 Dec 2002 Nick LanderThirty-five years ago Pio Tosini, who died earlier this year aged 95, lost an argument that has had a profound effect on menus all over the world.…
23 Dec 2002 Nick LanderOn the day itself. A box, or more, of Aloisio chocolate covered figs from the Algerian Coffee Store, London W1 (tel 020 7437 2480). These…
16 Dec 2002 Nick LanderSunday evening suppers are not supposed to yield gastronomic discoveries and, as I stood on the steep steps of The Gastonian, an extremely comfortable…
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