The Trencherman

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This was the first issue of National Geographic I remember experiencing. One which kickstarted a passion for the magazine throughout my child and teenage years.

This magazine always offered something exotic, exposure to things unknown and a bounty of knowledge. Most importantly, it also fueled a burgeoning imagination immeasurably. Thank you.

My Dinner With Andre

OK. Yes, we are bored. We’re all bored now. But has it ever occurred to you Wally that the process that creates this boredom that we see in the world now may very well be a self-perpetuating, unconscious form of brainwashing, created by a world totalitarian government based on money, and that all of this is much more dangerous than one thinks? and it’s not just a question of individual survival Wally, but that somebody who’s bored is asleep, and somebody who’s asleep will not say no?

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There is a guy called Grant Achatz. He trained at El Bulli and has one of the most famous and respected (and probably the leading modernist) restaurants Stateside, Alinea in Chicago. Unorthodox ideas and techniques pervade his cooking style and the video after the jump shows the kind of groundbreaking approach to presentation his cuisine typifies. Pretty jaw-dropping.

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The Hamburger fetishists are taking over, drawing lines in the grease and shouting the loudest. A typically puritanical rabble if ever there was one.

Bet you wouldnt eat the burger in the video above though. Deep-fried in 91 year-old grease (probably more like a 100 now judging by the age of the doc). Bleuurrgghh!

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Photo belongs to Aimee Monko

Speaking of Momofuku….David Chang did a video for Vice a little while back showcasing his favourite joints to drop into and have a late night bite at. It’s a fun tour and useful for those of you planning a trip to NYC. There’s a few similar videos to browse including one featuring Brooks Headley of many hardcore-punk bands including Born Against(!) and who now is a pastry chef at one of Mario Batali’s places, Del Posto.

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Food. Knowledge. Humour.

Go and buy this before you regret it. It’s edited by the obnoxious and brilliant David Chang of Momofuku and features all your favourite top trump Chefs. Click Pic for Link.

Issue one is long gone (sadface) but you can buy it for £80 on ebay or amazon. Ha.

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The video is annoying btw. But click the pic and watch anyway.

Jiro Ono is so esteemed they made a documentary about him.

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