A magnificent cocktail machine
Jean-Paul Aubin-Parvu talks to Blake Perrow of La Perla Bar & Grill
How did you come to be general manager at La Perla Bar & Grill?
Archive for the ‘Taste’ Category
Tequila Mockingbird
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
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Monday, March 1st, 2010
Appetite for life
Friday, February 19th, 2010
Antonio Carluccio may have lived in London for over three decades and have made Covent Garden his professional base for 26 years, but England’s very own godfather of Italian cooking has no intention of settling down. “I like the wide world,” the white-haired 72-year-old says, in his a rich, flavourful accent. “You see, London is for me a fantastic base. So I feel in the centre of the world actually; from here I move a little bit in every direction.”
He’s been moving around in various directions almost since the start of his life. Born in a village on the Amalfi Coast, he relocated as an infant with his family to the north of Italy. As a young man he studied in Vienna before moving to Berlin and then to Hamburg. When he came to live in London, it was to study English and work as a wine merchant.
Dinner party
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Legendary restaurant critic Fay Maschler has put her considerable clout behind a new event designed to celebrate London’s thriving food scene. The London Restaurant Festival runs from 8-13 October and involves hundreds of the capital’s restaurants offering special menus at affordable prices, designed to showcase the variety and depth of their offerings. For an exclusive interview with Fay and her business partner, the broadcaster and critic Simon Davis, see the Autumn issue of the Covent Garden Journal. See londonrestaurantfestival.com for more details.
Taco belle
Friday, February 20th, 2009
Wahaca founder Thomasina Miers
How did you discover Mexican food?
When I was 18 I had a stint doing VAT accounting, which made me very miserable. But suddenly I had three months off with money in my pocket and no family, going around Mexico. Not only was it an amazing break after the horrors of accountancy, but it was just a wonderful country – constant sunshine and really amazing food. Everywhere I went I ate and ate and ate. I’d never tried flavours like it. The chillies just blew me away.
