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Headline:

Gordon Ramsay’s Italian Christmas

Synopsis:

Ok, so this is not an interview as such, but this is a revealing, happy families article, that our "mate" Gordon Ramsay did for The Times which ran the day before the News of the World revealed that he is partial to an extra portion of slapper on the side.


Wanting to add a little dolce vita to his celebrations this year, Gordon Ramsay teams up with fellow chef Angela Hartnett to produce a menu that would make her mamma proud.

If there’s a nation that knows how to enjoy good food better than the Italians, I’ve yet to meet them. Nowhere else have they made the family meal such an art form.

You’ll find whole generations – from the grandmother in her black shawl to the babies being passed from lap to lap – sitting around the same table chatting and eating, and eating and chatting, the noise of their conversation increasing with every course. It’s a really enjoyable way of living – and equally rewarding for the cook, too.

I guess the closest we come to that kind of conviviality is at Christmas, which is the one time most of us still sit down to eat as an extended family. So, this year, I’ve turned to Angela Hartnett, head chef of Murano and York & Albany, for a bit of Italian inspiration. Her mother’s side of the family is Italian through and through, and that has shaped her style of cooking. ...

Publish date:

22 November 2008

Source:

The Times

Media:

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