3rd November 2011, The Times His new book is tipped to be No 1 and a TV show (his 21st) is under way. Is Jamie Oliver the Elizabeth David of our time? When Jamie Oliver addressed the United Nations last month — not words I thought I’d ever write — I went to the end [...]
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Jamie’s great – or simply good?
Posted in Chefs, Uncategorized, tagged Jamie Oliver, the naked chef, the times, UK chefs on 03/11/2011 | Leave a Comment »
Food, hunger and happiness in Armenia
Posted in Armenia, Uncategorized, tagged armenia, BBC, brandy, churchill, khash, the times on 28/10/2011 | 1 Comment »
I went to Armenia in April 2011 for Oxfam, the Times and the BBC. On The Culture Show BBC2, 28 October I told how that story was done, in words and pictures. Here’s more from the trip: Food foraging in Armenia: an Audio Slideshow June 2011, BBC Online Churchill and Armenian brandy BBC Radio 4, From Our [...]
The Truth about Tesco’s not-so-big price drop
Posted in UK food, Uncategorized, tagged food, phil clarke, price, supermarket, Tesco, the big price drop, the times on 17/10/2011 | Leave a Comment »
17th October 2011, The Times Dozens of the savings offered by Tesco in its “Big Price Drop” — the £500 million campaign that started a supermarket price war three weeks ago — are on foods that were sold only briefly at the higher price, research by The Times has shown. Huge advertising promotions this month [...]
Is this the worst dish in food?
Posted in Armenia, Uncategorized, tagged armenia, food, khash, poverty, the times on 28/05/2011 | Leave a Comment »
May 28th 2011, The Times Take 4 cow’s hooves and ankles and 1 brain (optional); boil for 32 hours (without seasoning); remove scum; gnaw bones. Haute cuisine, Armenia-style Khash, “the masterpiece of Armenian cuisine”, is always eaten early in the morning. “It is not wise to eat it late,” says our host, Shirak. “Khash is [...]
A letter to God — and a reply from Lambeth
Posted in faith, Uncategorized, tagged belief, father christmas, is God an invention?, letter to God, Lulu, religion, the archbishop of canterbury, the times on 21/04/2011 | Leave a Comment »
April 21st 2011, The Times When his six-year-old daughter, Lulu wrote a letter to God, Alex Renton did his best to get her an answer — with a little help from the Archbishop of Canterbury. M y daughter came home from primary school a few weeks ago and sat down to write a letter to [...]
