Keen to improve the classic dishes of our heritage and discover previously exotic vittles. Prefers a vegetable rich, low fat diet along the lines of Nouvelle Cuisine. Favored/favorite traditions include Mediterranean (Turkish, Lebanese), Cucina Povera, Hispanic (Peruvian, Cuban), Indian, and Korean. Food idols: René Redzepi, the Adrià brothers, Fergus Henderson, Jacques Pepin.
What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
Paan supari, a mixture of sugar, shredded areca nut, fennel, etc. in betel nut leaves, meant as a palate cleanser with a royal, spiritual and religious history. Now banned in Dubai to boot.
What do you cook when home alone?
Everything?
Your most treasured kitchen possession:
Vintage Arne Jacobsen Holloware
The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
6
