Hints and tips:
...Christ, is there veal bone in there somewhere? These incredibly old-school classic pan-sauce reductions are popping up all over the place right now....
...“We are from St Gallen,” says Manuela, “home to a famous veal sausage called St Gallen bratwurst.” “It grows when you grill it,” Iwan adds....
...(“I wouldn’t miss it, even if I had dinner plans with the Pope”.) Grandi has dedicated his career to debunking the myths around Italian food; this is the first time he’s spoken to the foreign press....
...Don’t miss the polpette di bollito — moreish fried rissoles made from stewed beef....
...We will miss Michel Roux. Follow @FTMag on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first....
...For supper, I like to order tonnarelli alla gricia (egg pasta with cured pork cheek, pecorino and white wine) and the wood-roasted veal. — This is also a great city for snacking....
...There is a tiny, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it wine bar and a spiral staircase up to a 25-seater dining room that I would describe as “exquisite” if I dared to use so coarse a generalisation....
...And among stockpiles of red meat, those of pork ribs, veal and “other” red meat are at or near records this summer....
...For the quinto quarto’s offal cooking — for which this slaughterhouse district is so famous — try trattoria Agustarello, and don’t miss the oxtail, which is simmered with tomatoes and red wine until the...
...“Then breast of duck . . . veal sweetbread . . . normal veal with mushrooms . . ....
...They were made with tongue, offal or veal mixed with suet, dried fruits and sugar,” Day says....
...He did not miss a service in the first 10 years, he says, working out that he had done 50,000 hours in the kitchen. Mr Blumenthal likes statistics....
...Veal was beaten to wafer thinness, egged and breadcrumbed. Lamb’s breads were blanched and fried....
...For dessert, don’t miss the crêpes Suzette flambéed tableside. 5 rue Notre Dame +33 4 9338 3710, www.grillandwines.com … Carlton Bar The lobby bar of the Carlton Intercontinental is one of the best places...
...It’s good to see the train, but I don’t miss the man it was built for.”...
...What to Get for Breakfast, by Miss Colbrath, 1882, Boston, United States That breakfast is important is not a new idea....
...While it’s true that the service can be hit and miss, it never fails to be entertainingly theatrical....
...Even more appetising was the blackboard menu, which listed numerous ingredients I had just seen in the market converted into mouth-watering dishes: veal tartare with eel; bean goulash; a stew of kohlrabi...
...So too is Veals, whose bagel jokes and homburg one could do without, this being 2009....
...If you linger at table and miss one train, don’t worry: there will soon be another one along. The Switzerland Travel Centre (www.stc.co.uk) will put together packages and make hotel reservations....
...When I remind that he told me the same thing when I talked to him in his previous job, he does not miss a beat: “It’s better now.” Better than when he ran one of the world’s biggest companies?...
...There are a few leaflets by the reception desk – most notably one entitled “The Good Veal Guide” – but otherwise there is no verbal clutter....
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