Why would a world-renowned chef like Anthony Bourdain take the leader of the free world, President Barack Obama, to a humble street café in Vietnam? If you’ve followed Bourdain’s work, you know he lived for “the food of the people.” In 2016, amidst a diplomatic trip the two met in secret at a small café in Hanoi to share a […]
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How many ways can you make Steak au Poivre? More importantly, how different can two recipes be when they come from two legendary chefs who happened to be great friends? With a new film about the late, great Anthony Bourdain hitting cinemas this August 2026 , I wanted to dive deep into a recipe that he was absolutely synonymous with. […]
Read moreWe can all spend twenty, thirty, or forty pounds on a deluxe, highly marbled ribeye to treat ourselves at home. I absolutely love a premium steak. But the reality of the midweek shop is that sometimes we go for a slightly cheaper option – maybe because it’s a bargain or maybe because it’s what fits the budget that week. But […]
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Marco Pierre White has a recipe for roast chicken, and it is quite frankly mad. If you read through his autobiography, The Devil in the Kitchen, you will suddenly be stopped by him discussing his method for roasting a bird. He writes about it not in a true recipe style but in prose, describing how he famously roasted a chicken […]
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