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Chapter 6: The Professor’s Table Manners
Friday 16th May, 4:00-6:30pm
"I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone." - Rainer Maria Rilke A gourmand’s nature is at once both greedy and generous. Born sensualists, they are hell-bent on painting with every colour from the start. They want what they want, the very best, and if that means shlepping halfway across the…Read MoreOther Chapters
Chapter 5: Of Mackerels and Miscreants
Friday, 2nd May 2025
‘In wildness is the preservation of the world’ – Henry David ThoreauRead MoreOther Chapters
Chapter 4: The Lovers of Old Blondes’
March, 2025
“Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.” — VoltaireRead MoreOther Chapters
Chapter 3: Off One’s Own Bat
December, 2024
“And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.” — T.S. ElliotRead MoreOther Chapters
Chapter 2: Through Saffron Dusted Glasses
October, 2024
“There is a world elsewhere.” — William Shakespeare. Serendipity is, it turns out, derived from Serendib—the name the ancient Persians gave to Sri Lanka.Read MoreOther Chapters
Chapter 1: The Baptist and the Beast
July, 2024
“Trends are a tragedy in food – they condemn the sublime to the realm of the temporary, or they elevate the flimsy beyond its merit. Good things should be a constant, and cooked with conviction. When we first opened St. JOHN we were accused of being 200 years out of date. I took it as…Read MoreOther Chapters