http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/ from www.independent.co.uk en-GB Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:52:17 +0100 http://www.typepad.com/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/eat-another-pop.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/eat-another-pop.html By Terry Durack Having done London’s new pop-up restaurant Flash ( see review in today’s Independent on Sunday), it was interesting to pop over to Melbourne this week, and pop into the new pop-up bar and cafe in Federation Square.... Eat Terry Durack Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/eat-the-new-bur.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/eat-the-new-bur.html By Terry Durack There is life beyond the Big Mac and the Whopper. In New York, all the big-name chefs are falling over each other trying to create the all-time, ultimate, with-the-works burger. It all started with Daniel Boulud's iconic... Eat Terry Durack Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:24:59 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/eat-i-went-to-d.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/eat-i-went-to-d.html By Terry Durack Go to Devon and you expect to have Devonshire tea with plates piled high with freshly baked scones, trays of golden clotted cream and big pots of sticky, home made jam. But I went to Devon and... Eat Terry Durack Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:47:00 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/eat-how-to-comp.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/eat-how-to-comp.html By Terry Durack Reproduced from Your Mother Doesn't Work Here: Painfully Polite & Hilariously Hostile Notes by Kerry Miller, published by Collins, £9.99 Eat Terry Durack Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:03:39 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/eat-mussels--a.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/eat-mussels--a.html By Terry Durack Apparently Jane Grigson said it first, in her 1973 book Jane Grigson's Fish Cookery. After cooking, "throw away any mussels that refuse to open". And that was that – her command has been slavishly followed ever since... Eat Terry Durack Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:45:15 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/eat-when-one-da.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/eat-when-one-da.html By Terry Durack Who could possibly fill the gap left by London’s much-loved Danish restaurant, Lundum’s, which closed its doors in March? Young Danish-born restaurateur Charlotte Kruse Madsen tosses her name into the ring with the brand new Madsen, just... Eat Terry Durack Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:01:00 +0100 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/eat-dripping-wi.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/eat-dripping-wi.html By Terry Durack Gorgeous, aren't they? Nobbly, rough-edged, crunchy, golden chips that are delightfully inconsistent in shape and size. But they wouldn't be anywhere near as good if they weren't cooked in beef dripping. These are the chips I mention... Eat Terry Durack Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:35:00 +0100 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/eat-a-roe-by-an.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/eat-a-roe-by-an.html By Terry Durack We must put an end to the gastronomic censorship around us, and force our chefs to leave the heads on fish, the skin on fillets, the fat on brisket, the tentacles on squid, and above all, the... Eat Terry Durack Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:32:00 +0100 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/eat-how-to-fatt.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/eat-how-to-fatt.html By Terry Durack There will be lean times ahead, so it might pay to fatten up now if you wish to survive. As seen on the news, London's Green Door Bar and Grill is putting on a special "Polar Explorer's... Eat Terry Durack Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:02:01 +0100 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/eat-min-jiang-.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/eat-min-jiang-.html By Terry Durack It would be hard to ignore the fact that the glammy new Min Jiang restaurant reviewed today in the IOS is a Beijing duck specialist. Hard, but not impossible. The fact strangely eluded the Evening Standard's guest... Eat Terry Durack Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:59:00 +0100