Monday, 19 December 2011

Schlemmen in Nova Scotia: Der kleine Hummer zwischendurch

Hummer-Burger mit Pommes und Ketchup: Einen solchen Mix aus gehobener Esskultur und Fast-Food gibt es nur im Osten Kanadas. Denn dort sind die Schalentiere ein ganz normales Alltags-Nahrungsmittel - und dienen als Motiv für T-Shirts und Schnapsgläser.

Sunday, 18 December 2011

Food and drink highlights of 2011

The top food and drink news and reviews of 2011, from Heston Blumenthal's first London outpost and Gordon Ramsay's family scandal, to restaurant trends and the closing of El Bulli. 

Historic food was terribly up-to-date in 2011, with the opening of Dinner, Heston Blumenthal’s first London outpost, serving dishes inspired by fourteenth to twentieth century recipes. Shortly afterwards came the similarly themed Gilbert Scott in the reopened St Pancras Hotel, now part of the Marriot group. 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/8956485/Food-and-drink-highlights-of-2011.html

Thursday, 8 December 2011

Es kommt aufs Aroma an

Dieses lang erwartete Buch des französischen Drei Sterne-Kochs Jean-Georges Klein vom Restaurant „L’Arnsbourg“ in Baerenthal/Lothringen gibt es tatsächlich auch in deutscher Übersetzung – obwohl das anscheinend selbst im Handel kaum bekannt ist. Die deutsche Ausgabe hat gegenüber dem französischen Original nur eine kleine Abweichung: Zusätzlich zum Vorwort von Ferran Adrià gibt es eines von Harald Wohlfahrt, der die Küche dieses individuellen Modernisten sehr gut kennt.

Saturday, 3 December 2011

Lyon's Hot New Dining Spot


In Lyon, France's second city but culinary capital, diners are spoiled for choice — yet they flock to Rue Le Bec. One of Lyon's hottest dining destinations, it's located in the newly fashionable Confluence district, a former industrial area in the heart of Lyon where the Rhône and Saône rivers converge.
The clientele go not only for the cuisine but also for the boldness of chef Nicolas Le Bec's concept. A 39-year-old Breton, and something of a local hero for his two-Michelin-star restaurant on rue Grolée, Le Bec has developed a vast 2,000-sq-m space on two floors. Once a factory, it is now a cross between a restaurant and a covered market, with alfresco dining in the garden and a large terrace on the Saône River.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/travel/article/0,31542,2100135,00.html#ixzz1fUVIEurS

Bermondsey Bites: Hip New Eat Streets Emerge in London


Who would have thought that a cluster of railway arches in Bermondsey — a backwater close to London Bridge — would become the weekend destination of choice for the British capital's most discerning foodies?
Monmouth Coffee Company and cheese specialists Neal's Yard Dairy started out by opening their Maltby Street warehouses to committed shoppers on Saturday mornings. Now they've been joined by several other gourmet retailers and purveyors of food-to-go like St. John Bread & Wine (whose custard doughnuts always sell out early) and Kitty Traver's Piaggio ice cream van (don't miss her apple-basil flavor).
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/travel/article/0,31542,2100733,00.html#ixzz1fUV12lYt

The New New Coke? Coca-Cola Ditches White Cans After One Month

Those cuddly polar bears are a staple of Coca-Cola’s ad campaigns around the holidays. And this year, the world’s largest cola producer decided to pay homage to the threatened species. For the first time in 125 years, the iconic red can went white. The campaign, launched in late October, was supposed to run for four months, through the end of February. But the people have spoken, and the white cans’ run has been halted way ahead of schedule.
You’d think after their past failures, Coca-Cola would be hesitant to mess with its image. But the plight of the polar bears convinced Coke to switch it up, with the company pledging up to $3 million to the World Wildlife Fund for conservation efforts. The message is, without a doubt, an admirable one — but it might not have been a clear one.