My nephew Don sent me this list which I read. The problem with such lists is that the author becomes stretched in trying to make something out of nothing. I wonder if the anonymous author actually lived through the fifties (or did any basic research – Ian). My comments are in italics. Can you remember…
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I have been privileged, over many years, to have been accompanied on my travels by local colleagues who knew the best places to eat and the best recipes to choose in their native land. I had dinner in the Bazaar in Cairo with Osman Mahmoud Osman and shared a Mansaf. I had Moule Mariniere and…
In February 2012, my son Ian and I travelled to Paris for the day to film an interview with the BBC about my recollections on the filming of the Funeral of King George VI in 1952 with British Movietone News. We had gone to the station at Vire to collect our tickets a few days…
Each July, we go to a gathering of all the neighbours. It’s a Repas. It’s a barbeque garden party, unless it is raining, in which case, we all move into a large shed. Tables and chairs are set out. We all bring along our own cutlery, plates and wine glasses. We each contribute a fee…
It came natural to me, whenever I returned from some foreign trip and, having been introduced to some new food, that I should try to replicate the experience in our own kitchen. This I did at every opportunity. Whenever possible, I would ask the staff in a foreign restaurant for a recipe of something that…
In 1996, my son Ian and I made a film for The London Metal Exchange. The filming took us to Rotterdam, where we were gathering scenes of the metal storage areas and the docks from which they were shipped around the world. There was a small party from the staff of LME, among them, Ray…
Many years later, I went to Dubai for a few days. My friend Mohammed took me to lunch at a restaurant on the road to Abu Dhabi. The speciality of the restaurant was lamb chops. For a normal serving one received about half a dozen.
In January 1986, one of our dining club friends invited us to dine at the House of Commons. The occasion was the thirtieth annual dinner of the Faculty of Architects and Surveyors. We were dressed in our best evening clothes for the occasion. It was interesting to wander through the passageways of the Houses of…
As a complete contrast, I was invited to go to Algiers to discuss a possible documentary production. While there, the Ministry of Information asked me to go south to see the Saharoui people. I boarded a passenger jet at Algiers Airport and flew 1,500 miles south to Tindhouf. Tindhouf was the southernmost outpost of the…
For some years, we had an office-come-apartment in Bethnal Green. We were in an ideal position to shop for good food. To the north, there was Ridley Road Market where we could buy fresh vegetables, fresh meat, fresh fish and sausages of all sorts. A trip into town on the Number 8 bus took us…
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