I justified a trip to Newcastle as essential travel last weekend to take a closer look at chef Paul Cunningham whose restaurant Brunel s has been boxing up dinners including a six-course tasting menu for heat-at-home consumption. A six-course takeaway shows the kind of ambition last seen a century ago when the Mourne Wall was built by a handful of Down men sustained by buttermilk, jam sandwiches and 20 Woodbine.
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As Sheldon Simeon traversed the continental United States, he couldn’t help but notice his fellow Americans misunderstood Hawaiian food. Simeon had risen to prominence with two stints on
Top Chef, during which he explored the cuisine of his native Hawaii, reached the finals and won the fan-favorite votes on both seasons. But, he found, it hadn’t made the impression he hoped for. “I went out to share my food, and people’s idea of the cuisine was that, if you put pineapple on it, then it’s Hawaiian,” he says.
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What is the Nordic diet, exactly? “It’s a healthy, whole-food, plant-centric diet that focuses on consuming more vegetables and fruit, whole grains instead of refined grains, and organic, local, and wild [food] as often as possible,” holistic nutritionist Maria Marlowe tells
Vogue. “The Nordic diet is similar to paleo in its focus on whole, real foods and high-quality animal products, but places a larger emphasis on plant foods and wild seafood than meat.”
Think river-caught salmon instead of farmed; foraged berries instead of cultivated; and pasture-raised eggs (in moderation). Why? Wild foods are higher in nutrients – and, well, more delicious. “Taste-wise, wild and local foods will typically be more flavourful as they are presumably fresher or picked at the peak of ripeness,” says Marlowe. “What’s more, wild berries – a staple in the Nordic diet – are often smaller and more concentrated in both flavour and nutrition than the large, water-dense berries yo