Do you really have something better to be soon with your Sunday than mastering the art of laminated potatoes?
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Do you really have something better to be soon with your Sunday than mastering the art of laminated potatoes?
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We have guest restaurant reviewers in for the next three weeks, all in places we might struggle to get @jayrayner1.bsky.social to without blowing the full weekend budget. First up, this brilliant piece on how to open a hit restaurant in Ukraine as.ft.com/r/62ed053a-0...
Chapter 1 of Moby Dick, page 1 The phrase ‘Call me Ishmael’, the first sentence of the book, is highlighted in blue, with careful highlighting on the very big C at the start. Above this, written in ballpoint pen ‘His name’
Love the glimpse into the beautiful mind that notated this used copy of Moby Dick I got
I had the pleasure (?) of accompanying Jay on this weekend’s review. While I am disappointed he didn’t include my incisive attempt at restaurant criticism (“the loos were really cold”) it’s nonetheless a very good piece
“I dont see myself making a Christams in Paradise 2, OK?”
FT reporting 🤝 a real life Caribbean crime drama - the perfect match
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I did suggest taking salt out of the stock… and the chef said no.
“Everything is copy” - which to a food editor means if you mention in passing that you really enjoyed your dinner, there’s a 50/50 chance it will end up on our recipe page. With thanks to @janinegibson.ft.com in this case
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This is still less embarrassing than when I bought myself a nice ring I’d seen my friend wearing - only to discover it was her and her girlfriend’s (matching) engagement ring
It is a really good film!
Sometimes it’s better not to dream
It stopped raining for 15 minutes today so I went for a little walk and immediately fell over in the mud. Now I am home, it is raining again and nothing has changed except my clothes are covered in mud.
I have thought about it carefully and decided that, for the sake of my mental health during rainmageddon, I’m just going to pretend I never read this. as.ft.com/r/4e857ae2-3...
A welcome sighting of the rare, endangered (and sadly no conservation status given) “let’s get a bottle” lunch @henrymance.ft.com as.ft.com/r/26713c1c-4...
You should definitely consider picking up a Weekend FT today, because it's the magazine MAPS special. Radical cartography, maps that changed the world, an FT reader competition that almost started a war, they don't love you like i love you, MAPS! www.ft.com/content/efab...
Is it a tradition? Or is it just what @jayrayner1.bsky.social did? Is that the same thing?
Avengers Assemble II: Even More Avengers; And More Assemblies.
We actually had Pete doing occasional beer columns, but another newspaper clearly enjoyed them so much they offered him a regular gig!
i can't add much to this without the risk of sounding embarrassingly gushing. safe to say i am delighted that @nigella.bsky.social will be joining us, and April can't come soon enough!
Reminds me of a very similar bit of training female members of the British secret service were given during WW2: "Don't ask a man who works for their government what's happening. Confidently tell him something you know to be inaccurate, and he will be forced to correct you".
Do you do a job *in* the hospitality industry? Is there a trend you've noticed on the ground that no one is reporting on yet? Please tell me about it harriet dot fitchlittle at ft dot com and maybe it could become one of our Insider's Notebook pages! Some writing experience necessary
spare a thought this morning for the part-time tiktok comedians looking bleary eyed on the tube after spending all night perfecting their first dance parody videos. content sleeps for no man.
...and he surprised me in many more ways than just his outfit!
Wrote about a new data centre proposed as part of the Truman Brewery redevelopment. Bit of a sub-plot here: a battle between the independent Tower Hamlets mayor and the Labour central government
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Only a few days left to apply for the FT's Paul McClean Graduate Trainee programme -- deadline is 23:59pm on 8 January. I can't overstate what a great opportunity it is. Happy to chat if you're wondering about whether to apply. job-boards.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
J is for January and J is for JOY🤸♂️🪩 There's an all-new Appetites special in FTWeekend today and it's full of things to cook during the cold season - including a beautiful colour-coded calendar to last you the entire month. A good day to buy a paper!
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message read. message not replied to. what have i done.
Very fun Q&A happening right now with @jayrayner1.bsky.social @timhayward.bsky.social and Bee Wilson. Including an unwelcome answers to my question about whether it is ok to leave your Christmas ham out on the side all Christmas. www.ft.com/content/13dd...
Please tell these three wise food writers what troubles you at Christmas - eg the gymnastics of getting food to the table still hot, the sorrow of dry meat... - and they will give you very good answers.
Incredible, intensely moving piece. Astonishing courage from one man, and a very sad ending for another
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If you work in or are interested in education, do give this a read. This investigation is about morals, money and misogyny (at an elite British institution famed for its feminist heritage) and several brave sources risked their careers to speak openly with us: on.ft.com/3XQUqDD @antoniacundy.ft.com