Food & drink takeaways – 6 September
A curated taster menu of every day’s food & drink associations
‘Breeding good blood’ with coconut milk; a ‘life changing’ mussels dish and a four Michelin star chef’s masterclass in sweet and savoury (including the full English tasting plate - photo above).
Just some of the food and drink delights for which we can thank 6 September.
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Food birthdays
1634
English merchant, early advocate of vegetarianism and self-help book author, The Way to Health, Wisdom’s Dictates, England’s Grandeur and the Way to Get Wealth
“Plaintains’ inner “brisk spiritous parts” will “gently open obstructions”; the “Cocoe-Nut’s” “thick or milky Substance” contains “pure fine brisk Spirits” that “breeds good Blood" underneath the seemingly forbidding appearance of “pinpillow-pears” (apparently a type of prickly pear) with their “Martial Weapons or Prickles” run “Juices quick and penetrating” that “cut Phlegm … and help Concoction.”
1963
English-based Australian chef, former magazine food editor, cookbook author, A Year in My Kitchen, My Favourite Ingredients, How I Cook
“There is a dish of mussels, fennel, saffron and creme fraiche – it is simple and delicious, and relies on really good ingredients, which sums up what has made Alice such an influence in my life. It was probably the first recipe I cooked from the book and I still have it on the menu at my restaurant Spring today, as an homage of sorts.”
1971
English Michelin-starred chef, restaurateur and TV presenter, Saturday Kitchen, Great British Menu, My Kitchen Rules
"With four Michelin stars his belt, he has mastered the art of casual fine dining not just in his London restaurants but also in locations as far afield as Shanghai and New York."
1984
American chef
Food firsts
1899
Carnation Evaporated Milk first rolls off the production line in Kent, Washington State, USA
Advertisement for Carnation Milk, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909 Photo: UW Special Collections (UW23379)
Food in art
English artist John Atkinson Grimshaw – born on this day in 1836 - became known as the painter of moonlight but he also shone with pineapple, apples and plums. . .
