“What are days for? Days are where we live. They come, they wake us Time and time over. They are happy in: Where can we live but days?” Philip Larkin As a young schoolboy I looked on enviously at a bohemian generation that had adopted ‘Paint it...
“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but not with an empty stomach” Jìt-jai thêe râh-reung bpen yah thêe dee dtàe dtâwng mâi yòo bon tháwng thêe wâhng. – Thai proverb As with European monks living off their abundant landholdings during the medieval period, Thai farmers...
“Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral”. Frank Lloyd Wright Readers of the Waitrose Food Illustrated magazine voted Roast Chicken and Other Stories (1994) the ‘The most useful cookbook of all time’. I...
“People are generally proud of their food. A willingness to eat and drink with people without fear and prejudice… they open up to you in ways that somebody visiting who is driven by a story may not get.” Anthony Bourdain I’m not sure as to whether it was the early...
A recent family visit to Noma, in Copenhagen (voted best restaurant in the world), left me with a comforting degree of well-being, a glow of consummate piety and a considerably lighter wallet. The beacon of Danish sustainability shone brightly that particular evening...
