Vince Brothwell
Vince Brothwell writes for AMUSE. about restaurants, drinks, produce and food culture across the six editions.
Stories by Vince Brothwell
Osaka restaurant bankruptcy: LIAISON operator owes ¥1.2bn
The DINING, which opened the Michelin-starred French restaurant LIAISON in 2017 and grew to about 30 outlets, has stopped trading with some 300 creditors.
Chile low-alcohol wine gets its own legal category
A decree published on 11 September lets Chilean producers make wine from 8.5% alcohol, three points below a minimum that stays in force for everything else.
Japan saury prices triple as Hokkaido landings shrink
Fresh sanma averaged about ¥3,645 a kilo at Toyosu from mid-August, after a government forecast warned of the smallest saury stock since 2003.
92 Degrees Coffee opens inside a Sainsbury's store
The 20-café specialty chain from north west England opens its first supermarket counter in Neston, with more sites planned before the year is out.
Marmitako recipe: the Basque albacore stew from the boats
Albacore, potatoes and choricero pepper in a single pot: the stew Basque tuna crews cooked at sea, timed so the fish never boils and stays juicy.
Duda Diner brings Malaysian cooking to a Paddington hotel
The Nunhead pop-up's Hakeem and Zura Ahmad take over The Pilgrm's kitchen from 17 September, closing out a year of guest-chef residencies with tempoyak oyster and laksa-glazed fish.
Elote recipe: Mexican grilled corn with chile and lime
Charred corn brushed with crema, rolled in cotija and dusted with chile, the street-food base behind the corn-driven tasting menus now earning Michelin stars.
Ivory Coast cocoa supply hits a two-year inventory high
Farmers have shipped 18% more cocoa to port than a year ago, but early surveys of the next crop point to disease pressure and a smaller harvest ahead.
Adam Nevin reopens Glovers Alley in Dublin
The Michelin-starred dining room at The Fitzwilliam Hotel returned on September 9 under a chef who started as a 15-year-old kitchen porter in Maynooth.
Beefeater closure: Whitbread shuts its last 106 restaurants
The carvery chain's final site traded on September 10, the last of three closure dates that also emptied Table Table, Cookhouse + Pub and Brewers Fayre this month.
Red Stew Chicken Parm recipe from Kwame Onwuachi's kitchen
Nigerian red stew meets Italian-American chicken parm in a dish built for Kwame Onwuachi's new cookbook, All Hours, bold enough to eat any time of day.
Galbi-jjim recipe: Korean braised short ribs for Chuseok
Korea's harvest festival falls on 25 September, and its centrepiece is galbi-jjim: beef short ribs braised in soy, pear and garlic, following Maangchi's method.
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