Book Review ~ Pierre Koffmann, Memories of Gascony
1990 was a seminal year in terms of cookbooks. Marco Pierre White first published the now legendary ‘White Heat’, which moulded a generation of chefs and Pierre Koffmann released ‘Memories of Gascony’. Although Mr Koffmann’s book was over shadowed by his young protégé’s tome, it was always considered a classic by those who knew better. … Read more
Book Review ~ Drink Me! by Matt Walls
Every now & then chefhermes.com gets approached to review or taste test various products for which I have not that much interest. On the surface of it the latest offering from Quadrille’s ‘New Voices in Food’ was one of those type of offerings. The blog hinges more around food & kitchens rather than the front … Read more
Book Review ~ Eleven Madison Park, The Cookbook
As I may have mentioned once or twice on ChefHermes.com I have regular chats on Twitter with a chef called Jon Jones. Besides the regular ass whooping I hand him on the ‘who can do the first #FF (Friday follow)’ we generally chat about all things catering & food related. In more recent times he … Read more
Latest Offerings from Quadrille, Classic Voices in Food
Some time ago I was sent two books from publishers Quadrille, not the normal show case of new talent or the formulaic seasonal TV recipe tie in from a sleb chef. No, the new series from the publishing house is rejuvenating old & unheard of classics, hence the name Classic Voices in Food I suppose. … Read more