Musings on... Food & Drink

Michel Roux Jr is a god and his word is law. Because of this doctrine (I also really fancy him), these musings about Food & Drink may be biased. Just a teeny bit. 

Food & Drink is a long running British classic, first broadcast in 1982. This rerun means the show is now in its 24TH SERIES and has apparently been successful throughout. The idea is to show some recipes for dishes, chat to food writers and to match lots of food with wine/other drinks. The first episode I saw was quite awkward, but this recent one on comfort food (I should have a degree in it) was less so. It featured Monica Galetti, La Gavroche's Sous Chef and a regular on Masterchef as a judge. I think I like Monica, and since I've got over my insane jealousy at her proximity to Michel, she's really started to grow on me. It was like having the Masterchef team back again - except Greg Wallace was replaced by a sightly annoying blonde woman who knew too much about wine to be healthy. 

The show featured food writer William Sitwell. He made a very convincing case for the world going nostalgia mad - at worst the foods we crave didn't exist back in the day, and at best, it's still a bit crap. It was pretty much a segment of him just complaining, but it was funny and very British. Our national sport, according to him, was ruining vegetables. Journalist Matthew Fort then took us to the Great British puddings, and made it seem okay to want to eat a pudding made of just butter and brown sugar. 

The programme is a little bit confused - I'm not really sure what the point of it is, but I personally don't think that matters. Here comes the bias! They all sit at the table and discuss the food and drink, and I feel like I'm sitting with them having a chat (potentially as a result of my overactive imagination). The food looks delicious and the drink choices make me want to go out and buy a faaabulous Cairanne Côtes. And there's definitely nothing wrong with watching Michel look down the camera with cheeky smile and tell you that yes, you can make meringues. 

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