My brother Peter Chandler, who has died of cancer aged 56, was the first English apprentice to be taken on by the chefs Albert and Michel Roux, and went on to acquire a Michelin star at his own restaurant, Paris House, in Woburn, Bedfordshire. Roux once said of him: "I am especially proud of Peter. [He] came as an 18-year-old apprentice and he is our first fully-fledged success."Part-French and b
Hospital food doesn't have to be bad | Peter Melchett
Posted by edwina 146 days ago (http://www.guardian.co.uk)
The Soil Association, in its drive to improve hospital catering, supports Michele Hanson's call for people to report 'crap food'Hospital food is "stale, flabby, slimy, soggy, nutrient-free, ghastly and execrable". In the circumstances, it may seem a bit of a cheek to suggest that Michele Hanson understates the problem, but I think she does. Hanson's friend Serena has gone into hospital and discov
Our survey says... | Peter Sain ley Berry
Posted by edwina 190 days ago (http://www.guardian.co.uk)
The French like to sleep, Americans rush their meals and Germans don't spend much time with friends, says the OECD. How do they know?My eye was caught recently by a survey from the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) proving what we have long suspected: the French spend more time sleeping and eating than other people.The OECD is not a body to whom you immedia
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