Remembering Anthony Bourdain
In 2003 -- after reading "Kitchen Confidential" for the umpteenth time. I finally made it to Brasserie Les Halles in New York. Tony had long since stopped cooking there and was, I think, "Executive Chef" -- a title upon which, if I recall correctly, he unloaded much deserved derision. I remember the onion soup -- superb and also the chefs, they seemed to be all Hispanic which, if you know your KC, means tough, mean and dedicated. Also, there was a mini butcher's display immediately in front of you as you went in the door. A nice touch which had the ...
Let’s Get the Blockchain into the London Design Museum
Many thanks to the wonderful folks at dezeen for letting me put forward the case that the Blockchain is a sublime piece of design. And if you're really interested you can also check out my petition on change.org to get the London Design Museum to recognise it as such . . . I must confess the petition is looking a bit anaemic, it hasn't quite grabbed the world's consciousness as much as I'd hoped.
La Scozia — Scottish Italians in 1908
La Scozia was an Italian language newspaper for Scottish Italian immigrants. It was weekly and ran for about 48 issues or so in 1908 (some weeks were skipped, some weeks had a double-issue covering 2 weeks). It described itself as "A weekly organ for the interests of the Italian colony". More information about it can be found here in Giancarlo Rinaldi's excellent overview at BBC Scotland. Thanks to Giancarlo's prodding I dug out some old clippings of my own of La Scozia from a trip to the British Library I made quite some time ago when I was doing some family ...
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Remembering Anthony Bourdain
In 2003 — after reading “Kitchen Confidential” for the umpteenth time. I finally made it to Brasserie Les Halles in New York. Tony had...
La Scozia — Scottish Italians in 1908
La Scozia was an Italian language newspaper for Scottish Italian immigrants. It was weekly and ran for about 48 issues or so in 1908 (some weeks were skipped,...
Technology: capability v expectation
Have you ever gone on the hunt for something fully expecting to be overwhelmed by choice, dazzling features and multiple pricing options only to have your...
70mm Panavision — BBC World Service
Sometimes it’s hard to imagine what I do counts as work . . this is one of those times. Special thanks to Michael Mannix of the Odeon Leicester Square...
Surfaris 1999
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