Papalosophy…more than just a vague collection of fish ties and clichéd quotes…
It’s hard to describe the feeling of finally getting my hands on this dream. And particularly hard to describe it while balancing on a roof on a windy Barcelona afternoon… Finally Papalosophy is more...
View ArticleCreating the flavours of Spain on a Plate: Spinach, Saffron, Pimentón,...
A while ago I was asked to come up with a dish that truly represented the bold simplicity that I know Spain to be. Clearing my head of the vacant Instagrammable fluff that fills the cool urban...
View ArticleHow to become the ideal EATER
What does it mean to eat? Should we be simply satisfying and sustaining? Or should we aim for gratification and gluttony? I tried to answer that question in my cookbook Papalosophy and realised I...
View ArticleHow people eat around the world
There are some projects that I wish I could dedicate my life to. Because nothing fascinates me more than understanding exactly how alike, and different we truly are. As a cooker/eater and having...
View ArticleMaking Monte Carlo, The First Casino Resort
Any chef knows that running a restaurant is a little bit like running a casino -high stakes winner takes all decadence and risk on the outside, and a hard grind of lots of moving parts under the...
View ArticleReleasing my top 10 Tapas of 2016 from my Spanish Cookbook: Papalosophy
I was working in grey London when I started writing Papaplosophy. And it’s safe to say that daydreaming about the tapas of Spain helped me survive those days. Because the tapa is so much more than that...
View ArticleThe Spanish Know How to Fry Eggs.
There is a reason Unicode chose the fried egg as the emoticon that best represents this perfect protein. Creamy white combined with rich and silky golden yolk and, if you are lucky, crispy golden edges...
View ArticleDiscovering Mojo Picón, the most delicious sauce from the Canary Islands
My first trip to the Canary Islands was part of a desperate escape from my first miserably long grey London winter; there are only so many times a thick pint of Guinness and some kind of roasted animal...
View ArticleBarcelona is DELICIOUS, but not everyone goes home hungry for more
Barcelona might not show up on those global city ranking lists that consulting firms and banks like to trot out to prove they aren’t all just all evil corps trying to keep us in the system (I’ve...
View ArticleFood is not what you cook, but what you make others taste.
Art is not what you see, but what you make other see. (Degas) And so food is not what you cook, but what you make others taste. Food art is not what you find under #theartofplating or on some Buzzfeed...
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