Ricardo's Thoughts
This is my first newsletter and I hope
that many more will follow.
As some people maybe will already know I’m completely
mad about everything to do with food and wine.
So in each newsletter I will try to update you about new and
interesting things…
The first piece of good news is that
Maison du Chocolat will open it's doors before Christmas in
London, they produce the most amazing chocolates in the world.
(45-46 Picadilly, W1)
This time before Christmas is also the
period that all the new cookery and wine books will be coming
out:
Here's a list of a few
books I found particularly interesting, maybe you will too...
Pierre Gagnaire |
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Sucre-Sale |
| Alain Ducasse |
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Le grand livre de la cuisine des bistrots et
brasseries |
Pourcel |
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La compagnie des comptoirs |
Philippe Rochat |
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Cuisine |
Guy Savoy |
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Vos petits plats par un grand |
| Robert Parker |
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Bordeaux a consumer’s guide to the world
finest wines |
| Andrew Jefford |
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After dinner drinks |
| Dave Broom |
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Rum |
Jim Murray |
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The whisky bible |
Alain Stella |
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Mariage freres, Art of tea |
The best cookbook buying web-sites in
my opinion are all the Amazon
sites .com / .co.uk / .de and .fr
They offer a great selection, great service and most of the
time up to date stock.
Another great site is buchgourmet.com,
a German site, (but also in English), carrying an amazing
choice in many languages and usually your books will be delivered
within a week. For the latest French books have a look at
libairie-gourmande.fr,
(if you phone them they do speak English).
If you really like wine please, please
try some of the Weingut Donnhoff’s 2002 Rieslings; it
is hard to find better than this in the UK. Alternatively
have a look at howardripley.com
(also great for top Burgundy) or bbr.com.
Is
rum the new cognac?
I really do hope so. Of late you can find more and more quality
aged rums. If you see one please try it…you will be
amazed by the sheer beauty of its taste. One of the best places
to try rum in the UK is at the “hotel
du vin” group where they have a list with
more than 40 rums. What is a rum without a Cuban cigar? If
you are a quality cigar smoker have a look at cgarsltd.co.uk
they carry the best cigar selection of rare and aged cigars
in the world, believe me you will be pleasantly surprised.
For Burgundy lovers there is only one
web-magazine you should read, burghound.com
- Four times a year, only about Burgundy with lots of information
and tasting notes, so forget Robert Parker and have a look
at burghound.com.
Until next time,
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