Fork In Review

Jan Hume

Category: Food in the Media

Book Review: “Insatiable” Gael Greene

At the end of this book, subtitled Tales from a Life of Delicious Excess, there is a list of discussion questions. Presumably, this is aimed a book groups. I will attempt to wrestle with some of these: 1.  Ultimately, Insatiable is about more than food, restaurant reviews, and sexual encounters. It is about a woman […]

Documentaries: “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” and “Step up to the Plate”

These two documentaries are about restaurants and the families who run them. It’s also about inheritance, career choices, as well as intense attention to detail, absolute dedication and hard work. The Bras family from Laguiole/Gaillac, run an award-winning restaurant. One year Michel Bras won best regional restaurant in France. Now his son has taken over […]

Chicken Today… And Every Day

In March 2012 there was a news story about what Australians eat. Chicken topped the list of meats we consume according to the Meat & Livestock Association 2010-11. About the same time another news story was published about the unsanitary behaviour of a large chicken processor in NSW. The allegation was that packaged chicken unsold […]