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Food fashion
As the year draws to a close, our inspectors share the key trends they've been spotting whilst compiling the 2020 Good Food Guide
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Exclusive: Casa, from Peter Sanchez-Iglesias, will replace Casamia in Bristol
The chef Peter Sanchez-Iglesias is finally ready to share more on his new restaurant, Casa, which will replace Casamia, his now closed and much-missed Bristol flagship.
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We’ll always have Paris
Eating well away from home takes a little bit of work - no one knows that more than I do. So, on booking a few days in Paris for the once-in-a lifetime Mark Rothko exhibition at the Foundation Louis Vuitton, my main worry was which restaurants to book – I hadn’t been to Paris for 10 years. But I knew what I wanted, a mix of classic institution and forward-thinking contemporary rather than haute cuisine.
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Through the Archives: Ruth Rogers, The River Café
Originally conceived as a workers’ canteen for Sir Richard Rogers’ architectural practice next door, The River Café (now in its fourth decade) has gone on to achieve international stardom as a glowing tribute to Italian regional cooking. Diligent sourcing and vigorous rustic flavours are at the heart of Ruth Rogers’ kitchen, with seasonal salads, silky homemade pastas and wood-roasted specialities headlining the daily menus.
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Through the archives: Alastair Little, 1950-2022
Described as ‘one of the young tigers who are re-defining British cooking’ by the 1989 edition of The Good Food Guide, Alastair Little, who died last week, defined a generation of chefs. His Soho restaurant, simply called Alastair Little, opened in 1985 and ran for 17 years, and was seen as ‘a beacon of innovation’. We look back at his time there.
