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Simon Kelner: Well done, non-meat eaters, but your denial is rare
Wednesday 14 March 2012
Some vegetarians I have known say it was the smell of bacon in a frying pan that made them wish they hadn't taken the vow to give up meat. This made me think that they were not real vegetarians: surely the very idea of bacon would be repellent to them, given that they had made their choice largely on ethical grounds?
Matthew Norman: The paradox of our obsession with long life
Wednesday 14 March 2012
The crucial question is the one posed by Queen. Who wants to live forever? Or so joylessly it feels that way?
Winners' dinners: how we will feed the Olympic crowds
Friday 24 February 2012
The past may very well be a foreign country, but when Britain last held the Olympic Games in 1948 it might as well have been on another planet. Back then we spent a mere £700,000 on the games and every British male competitor got a free pair of Y-fronts and a cup of Horlicks. Today the games costs closer to £9bn, Horlicks is off the menu and the only pants given to athletes are from sponsors, and some even get a hefty cheque for donning them.
On The Menu: Longhorn rump steak; Neige Apple Ice Wine; No No flatbreads; G'nosh dips; Drambuie
Friday 24 February 2012
This week I've been eating...Longhorn rump steak
Winners' dinners: How will hordes of hungry Olympic athletes – and crowds of spectators – be fed?
Friday 24 February 2012
The past may very well be a foreign country, but when Britain last held the Olympic Games in 1948 it might as well have been on another planet. Back then we spent a mere £700,000 on the games. Scouts carried messages between officials, and brought cups of tea for the runners. Everyone still had a ration book, and every British male competitor got a free pair of Y-fronts and a cup of Horlicks. Today the games costs closer to £9bn, Horlicks is off the menu and the only pants given to athletes are from sponsors, and some even get a hefty cheque for donning them.
James Corrigan: Wada's bigwigs need to get off their high horses
Monday 06 February 2012
The Way I See It: Altitude training is not a health risk – so how then could it possibly be against the spirit of sport?
Wines of the week: Terra Noble Gran Reserva Carmenère 2009; Jean Luc Colombo Côtes du Rhône Bonne Ruche 2009; Zalze Shiraz Mourvèdre Viognier 2010
Sunday 05 February 2012
Terry Kirby selects the best bottles to buy
Simon Kelner: When the bill arrives, it's still just a hunk of beef
Monday 05 December 2011
Has anyone told the restaurateurs of London that there's a recession on, that there are strikers on the streets and that the entire global financial system is about to collapse? Austerity? Make mine a double. Hardship? Get out the white truffles.
David Thomas: The world's most useless creatures
Monday 05 December 2011
Pandas are the WAGs of the animal kingdom: superficially attractive, but talentless
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