Get the haggis right at your Burns supper January 23, 2012 If you’re thinking of hosting your own Burns night, the haggis should be the star of the show. Contrary to the belief of many south of the border, a well cooked haggis is far more than a bag of offal. Quality haggis contains an aromatic blend of spices and oatmeal, with meat as high quality [...]
EXPERT VIEW: WHISKY January 23, 2012 HEAD OF DISTILLING AND WHISKY CREATION AT GLENMORANGIE An exceptional malt whisky is an essential part of Burns Night celebrations to toast the life writings of Scotland’s best-known poet and to pair with traditional Burns Night supper dishes. Whisky is often enjoyed throughout the meal to toast the haggis, the memory of Robert Burns and [...]
More cruise liner than chic January 23, 2012 Kitchen Joël Antunès 29 Old Burlington Street, London, W1S 3AN T: 020 7494 5660 FOOD * SERVICE ** ATMOSPHERE * Cost per person without wine: £65 Legends aren’t what they used to be. Almost anyone can be one. You have to do something pretty heinous to be both famous and dead and not be called [...]
Lobster and burgers, folks… that’s it January 23, 2012 THE vogue for culinary simplicity has been around for a while. The shorter the menu, the better – after all, asks the modern diner, how can caviar, steak, chicken, risotto and a thousand other dishes from one kitchen and one staff be fresh, made with the best of the day’s ingredients? Well, the guys behind [...]
A lesson learned on Canada’s wine January 23, 2012 HEAD SOMMELIER AND MANAGER OF LUTYENS RESTAURANT As is typical in the London restaurant scene, we have a very international team at Lutyens. My assistant Andres is from Canada and, as he went home for Christmas, he brought in some Canadian wine for us to try. There is comparatively little Canadian wine in the UK [...]
Limbering up for a brilliant ski January 23, 2012 LIKE many a busy office worker, I failed to prepare for my recent ski holoday. And I’m paying the price with a stiffness of gait and inelegance of posture that simply can’t be attractive. Don’t make the same mistake. Here are some ways to limber up so that you’re able to walk from slopes to [...]
EPISODE 43 – A FRAZZLED START TO THE DAY January 23, 2012 I WISH I could say the radio alarm had failed. But I can’t. Anyway, with infant twins in the house, neither bugle call nor drum roll is ever required for reveille. Nevertheless, at 6.45am I’m already 45 minutes behind schedule. The Perth flight leaves at 11am and it’s clear I won’t make it into the [...]
MPs: Bank of England needs radical reforms January 22, 2012 MPs WILL today ramp up their push for greater scrutiny of the Bank of England by publishing a stinging critique of the Bank’s own suggestions for reform. The Treasury Select Committee (TSC) says the Bank needs a powerful supervisory board and should hand over more influence to the chancellor in the run up to a [...]
Sir Stelios seeks allies in pay clash January 22, 2012 SIR STELIOS Haji-Ioannou is set to meet three of easyJet’s key shareholders this week in a bid to win backing for his fight against the airline group’s boardroom pay plans. The airline’s billionaire founder, who controls a 37.4 per cent stake, is calling for investors to vote down the company’s remuneration report ahead of the [...]
Cable to tone down pay plan January 22, 2012 THE coalition is set to drop a key part of its controversial plans to reform executive pay when it publishes a review tomorrow. City A.M. understands the Department for Business has cooled on the idea of forcing companies to appoint workers’ representatives to the internal committees which recommend the level of pay for the directors [...]
