The subject of food reviews has been aired recently and one caught my attention today, which was half travel and half food in content. I thought it was so well-written and entertaining and, to me, everything that a good review should be that it was worth sharing. It's from the International Herald Tribune, a paper that I regard as the best English language newspaper in the world today.
Me not being much of a computer person, I hope you can make these links:-
www.iht.com/pages/index.php Go to Travel and Dining. The article is titled "A culinary journey through the Scottish Highlands" from the 29 July issue.
I hope you enjoy it,
Joanne
A Real Food Review
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Comments
For a travel writer ...
... the author appears to be geographically challenged. If he drove north for an hour from Inverness (why do people insist on describing distance in terms of time?) it certainly wasn't Loch Ness he reached. The famous loch lies in the valley of the Great Glen stretching south west from Inverness.
It's certainly an entertaining article and I enjoyed it mostly but my prejudices against foodie writing were upheld when a dish is described as 'a fillet of beef on a pedestal of carrots'. What on earth is a pedestal of carrots for pities sake? I despair - and not only because I'm a vegetarian. I think it was being required to cook a stack of Dublin Bay Prawns (aka langoustines) as we conned our yacht through the Crinan canal towards Loch Fyne that partly persuaded me to vegetarianism. Tipping a load of living crustacea into a huge pot of boiling water on the galley stove wasn't much fun even though, I confess, the ensuing meal was delicious.
The best English language newspaper in the world? Maybe, if you're American, but still I prefer the good old Guardian. Some very good articles in the IHT though. Thanks for drawing my attention to it. I'm book marking it for future.
Geoff
Benefit Of The Doubt
I also quibbled about the writer's directional ability, but as his final destination was Dornoch, which IS North of Inverness I forgave him his side-trip to Loch Ness. However, he's a pretty fast driver unless the roads have improved out of sight since I was last in that area 15 years ago, and 3 hours from Edinburgh? Wowee!
If I am in the UK I also read the Guardian, without a doubt the best of the British papers. I suppose my preference is due to the fact that I travel a fair bit in S.E. Asia and I think the IHT's coverage of the Asia-Pacific is better and, yes, the good old USA. I feel it's pretty important to know what's going on there. Whatever we may think, our destinies are very much influenced by that country. Dare I say Northern Rock? as an example.
As for the food, well one person's meat (or in your case, vegetables) and all that,
Joanne