Simon Wroe's Blog, page 4
June 6, 2014
Cartouche Magic (via Thomas Blythe / Dan Doherty)
Cartouche Magic (via Thomas Blythe / Dan Doherty)
May 8, 2014
April 26, 2014
Per-Anders Jörgensen photographs staff meals at top restaurants - FT.com
A window on to a hidden side of the people who make the restaurant industry happen…
April 22, 2014
April 11, 2014
The brutal customs of the restaurant kitchen - Telegraph
Sadism, brutality, and a strict military-style code of conduct are what make restaurant kitchens such unique and terrifying places… (Link to article)
April 10, 2014
Chop Chop on the BBC
Three days left to listen to me talking about the weird and brutal world of kitchens (and reading from the book) on BBC 5 Live..
(Interview starts at 52.10)
April 4, 2014
Don't Get All Fresh With Me
We’re always banging on about “freshness” in food. The great chef David Chang says the truth is quite the opposite. Here he is on the glory of all things rotten in the kitchen.
April 3, 2014
"His thumb was sort of flip-flapping around." Chefs share their...
"His thumb was sort of flip-flapping around." Chefs share their real kitchen nightmares.
March 29, 2014
Workers at a cheese factory in Omsk, Siberia, sitting in the...
Workers at a cheese factory in Omsk, Siberia, sitting in the milk used to make string cheese. They were celebrating the birthday of a friend, apparently. It is cold in Siberia, and there isn’t much to do, but still…
We’re all concerned about what goes into our food these days. Turns out it’s four drunk Russians.
For more (if you need it) on human bodies and cheese, see the previous post on food obsessives, featuring a man trying to make cheese from the moulds that grow on people’s hands.
March 24, 2014
Food obsessives: the people searching for the perfect cheese, bread and coffee
A piece I wrote for The Guardian about food obsessives, including a man who mills wheat in his living room, a woman who flew to Norway for an espresso, and a fellow who makes cheese out of moulds found on humans.
