Category: Gourmet
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The master of macarons, Pierre Hermé takes the title of Best Pastry Chef 2016
World-leading Chef Pâtissier Pierre Hermé Crowned Best Pastry Chef 2016. Macarons may be his speciality, but Hermé has mastered the rest of the pastry chef’s repertoire. Pierre Hermé (54), the man that Vogue called “the Picasso of Pastry”, won the title of Best Pastry Chef of the year, a trophy and title awarded by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants.…
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Noma: My Perfect Storm review – slathered in coulis of cloying voiceover
This in-house study of totemic Copenhagen restaurant Noma looks finger-licking, but lacks much nutritious insight
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French leave: Pierre Koffmann’s final meal
The three-Michelin starred chef would evoke the pace and pleasures of Provence by feasting on bouillabaisse and his grandmother’s apple dessert
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“Canton Flair”: chef Nicolas Vienne’s expert insights into Chinese cuisine
“Canton Flair” by chef Nicolas Vienne named Best Chinese Cookbook of the Year. Nicolas Vienne, Executive Chef of Four Seasons Resort mauritius at Anahita, has claimed the title of Best Chinese Cookbook in the World Cuisine Category at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2016 for his latest collection of recipes, Canton Flair. Announced at the…
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Man v machine: can computers cook, write and paint better than us?
Artificial intelligence can now win a game, recognise your face, even appeal against your parking ticket. But can it do the stuff even humans find tricky?
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A switch to ecological farming will benefit health and environment – report
The world needs to move away from industrial agriculture to avoid ecological, social and human health crises, say scientists