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A perfect restaurant: linoleum and vinyl and hugging owners and a dusting of feta on all the food. Sometimes the giant windows were open to the street and the smelly sunshine poured in, but usually it was a place to hide from the rain, full of steaming wet coats and intense conversations. I went here with anyone and everyone, or with a book. One gr
... See moreClaire Dederer • Love and Trouble
The famous Anton Ego speech in Ratatouille:
In many ways, the work of a critic is easy.
We risk very little, yet enjoy a position of those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgement.
We thrive on negative criticism.
Which is fun to write and to read.
But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the ave
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L’Auberge de La Môle, we agreed, was the kind of restaurant the French do better than anyone else: highly professional, and yet it felt like the extension of a friend’s kitchen, casual, easy, and comfortable. The restaurants with a row of stars, as good as they are, tend to have a similar veneer, polished, perfect, and international. The Auberge co
... See morePeter Mayle • Encore Provence: New Adventures in the South of France (Vintage Departures)
‘I’m just glad I spotted your advert in Gourmet Monthly,’ said Tomomi, breaking into a smile. ‘But that doesn’t even give our location, or any contact details!’ said Nagare, smiling. ‘All it says is Kamogawa Diner – Kamogawa Detective Agency – We Find Your Food. People go up and down the Kamogawa river looking for us.’ ‘Plus you don’t even have a s
... See moreJesse Kirkwood • The Kamogawa Food Detectives
Lights Out - A Tribute to Our Users
youtu.beOne can say the same about more modest restaurants with lesser-known chefs. Some of them can be found in the back streets of provincial towns, like l’Isle Sonnante in Avignon: small, charming, and delicious.