Food & drink takeaways – 20 September
What you should eat this very day according to ‘the first true newspaper food columnist’, very precise soup-making instructions from a Turner Prize winning artist and the man who gave us the thermos flask.
Just some of the food and drink delights for which we give thanks to 20 September.
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A curated taster menu of every day’s food & drink associations
Food birthdays
1813
French journalist, ‘perhaps the first true newspaper food columnist’ and author The 366 Menus and 1200 Recipes of the Baron Brisse
His suggested bill of fare for his own birthday is puree of lentils, soles a la normande, black diver with chocolate sauce, fried gudgeon, cardoons with white sauce followed by rice cake
1842
Scottish physicist and chemist, inventor of the thermos flask.
"What was once called the Dewar flask is nowadays typically called a thermos flask, but this is actually a trade name. . . You can cook in a food flask, which is rather like a slow cooker, but . . . you must get it properly heated to work. Here’s one idea Chinese cabbage and egg with rice."
1971
Australian chef, restaurateur and author, Cook
Food in art
Scottish Turner Prize-winning artist Douglas Gordon – born on this day in 1966 – has very precise instructions for the preparation of his favourite dish, cullen skink {header photo}, according to the Artist's Palate feature series on the Wallpaper website.
“This recipe is inspired by his father eating Scotland’s famous smoked haddock soup in the Glasgow institution that is Café Gandolfi. He stipulates that the fish is to come from Aberdeen; the potatoes from Ayrshire; and the sharp knife used to barely stir them should be handed down from your granny. Try to get hold of some Finnan haddie, the lightly cold-smoked haddock that goes best with the onions, leek, garlic and milk to make this dish far superior to a bisque.”
Food on screen
2002
Romantic comedy movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding starring Nia Vardalos and John Corbett opens in UK cinemas
"Possibly the funniest moment in a movie filled with laugh-out-loud moments is when Ian’s very reserved, Caucasian parents come to meet Toula’s parents – and the rest of their enormous Greek family – after the engagement, and Ian’s mother brings a Bundt cake. Maria and Gus have never seen a Bundt cake before, and the ensuing language culture clash is beyond funny."
2013
Romantic comedy movie The Lunchbox starring Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur shown for the first time in India
The film, set in Mumbai, revolves around a mistaken delivery by the Dabbawalas (lunchbox service) of Mumbai, which leads to a relationship between Saajan, a lonely widower close to retirement, and Ila, an unhappy housewife, as they start exchanging notes through the daily lunchbox.
