Brad Pitt Celebrity News (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
The Observer's food critic Jay Rayner finds himself going to war …guardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoWriting about a pork and fruit dish, he compared it to the scene in the movie Troy, between Brad Pitt and Peter O'Toole, 'a lovely piece of meat completely …
dovegreyreader scribbles (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
The West End Whingers said I had to be sure to call Jay Rayner middle-aged after he'd called them likewise in that article, as if I would, honestly. Yes Son of Agony won over Agony but I did have an...
West End Whingers (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Always an early riser, Andrew has spent hours this morning counting his column inches over and over again and feeling rather self-satisfied at the result. Yes, today’s Observer features a very long feature by food critic Jay Rayner entitled “Is it curtains for critics'” (geddit') about an imagined battle between newspaper critics and bloggers. Andrew is very [...]
Anorak News (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
JAY Rayner on why bloggers kill the newspaper writers: It could be worse. At least those of us in Britain who make our living from our opinions are still gainfully employed. Across America it’s a different story. Paid newspaper critics from a number of disciplines are being laid off or redeployed, their judgment deemed superfluous to [...]
Word of Mouth (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Credit crunch? Go out with a bang at the City's latest - and best - restaurant, says our critic
Word of Mouth (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
If you can't wait for your holiday fix in Greece, London's Lemonia has the goods, says Jay Rayner
Word of Mouth (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Tom Ilic does things with meat that'll set your tongue wagging. Jay Rayner visits a local hero
Flesh is Grass (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
This is a guest post from my other half Matt. Why is Matt suddenly blogging? He tells me it’s because he has “something to say”. So I’m giving him a home here until he finds his feet on the rolling blog-o-barrel. Why is Jay Rayner so worried about vegans? In today’s Observer we had more stuff about [...]
Word of Mouth (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
The food at Mark Hix's latest joint bowls Jay Rayner over, but he's left stumped by the service
Word of Mouth (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Jay Rayner struggles through a week on a vegan diet
Word of Mouth (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Review: The excellent, eclectic Old Vicarage in Derbyshire has Jay Rayner clamouring for seconds
Flesh is Grass (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
I thought there were signs of enlightenment in recent months but like a compulsive flasher parting his mac every so often you get a searing glimpse of the depths of Jay Rayner’s incomprehension of the dietary world he inhabits. Today’s Observer review of London’s newest vegan restaurant Saf (’It’s grim down Saf”, Magazine, p73) was [...]
Gawker (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
In his just-released book, The Man Who Ate the World, restaurant critic Jay Rayner explores the oft-overblown luxury dining of the world. In a scene from New York, the man behind the Zagat...
Word of Mouth (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
The Times' restaurant critic delivers a 1,900 word missive to the subs' desk
Word of Mouth (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Jay Rayner considers the New York city authority's demand that restaurants must put calorie information on their menus.
