...ansmitted knowledge. But above all, they aim for the house to be used, for dinners with friends to be held, for birthdays to be celebrated and for the Domingo family to come more to town.
All creations are initially ad hoc combinations of past subsystems; “nothing can be created out of nothin...
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...ared table outside and we all cook for each other. On Sundays, we all have dinner together – we’ll just lay the table and whoever comes, comes. It’s very sweet.
“At the weekends I can just shut the door and cook endlessly. With so many emails, phone calls and meetings during the week for ...
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...early
in the morning, in late at night, so there was a lot of structure to dinner
times. And culinary-wise it wasnt pushing any boundaries, but it was good,
hearty food. In terms of the quality, they did the best they could. Roast
dinners were always delicious, but I cook beef a little bit different...
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... run our practice, Izat Arundell. And complementary to that we run private dinners and supper clubs. Jack originally trained as a civil engineer, so is able to help on the design side, but then retrained as a chef so can cook for people too.”
Jack: “Its quite nice to mix and match because you...
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... me a place to eat in the kitchen, which I like, and quite often if I have dinner with a friend we slide the doors close and realise that we’ve spent the entire night in this part of the flat – it’s like being on a yacht. Everything fits in, and there’s an efficiency to how the space has bee...
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...l upgrade the summer house at the back.
You’re having people over for dinner: what do you cook?
It’ll either be a British or Jamaican classic – we both love the food we grew up with. When we have people round in the evening we don’t want to be slaving in the kitchen making something comp...
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...sidered cooking that makes it somehow as suitable for an impromptu weekend dinner as it does for something more momentous.
In this instalment of ‘The Modern Menu‘, were meeting chef and Brawn owner Ed Wilson to get a sense of his approach to food and home cooking, while also getting a...
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...rywhere like the south of France in August, and it was endless parties and dinners, which I used to love but now I find very dull and exhausting.
“Now I want to do the right sort of entertaining, which is close friends, relaxed, not too many people, which is why I want next Christmas to be in W...
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...g a time when he was having trouble finding his people, he took to hosting dinner parties in his home, building the kind of environment that he couldn’t find. “In the transition of my home becoming more comfortable,” he says, “I would welcome people into my home and have these dinners, meeti...
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...my partner, which creates a really warm atmosphere. It’s a couple having dinner and there’s a big plume of smoke above them – you don’t really know what they’re doing but it’s so inviting.“Even before the pandemic I spent a lot of time at home, entertaining, having friends over for tea...
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...self-contained garden room to paint in.
You’re having people over for dinner, what do you cook?
Ahh, lucky for me Simon loves to cook! He buys from a local fishmonger, Maximus at Snape, and will be lead by what Chris, the fishmonger, recommends is good. Here you can buy sushi-grade tuna, crab...
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...so its really good for family and friends to come over – we can have big dinner parties and all our family over at Christmas.
“But also the studio is two steps across the terrace. If I cant sleep I go out there at three in the morning to paint. That doesn’t happen often as our bedroom looks...
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...eally mixed bag of people and brands.
“I was someone who had a lot of dinner parties and had people over all the time before, but this place is tiny, so I have a friend or two over now and again, but I dont have big parties. Its completely shifted how I am, this place. Its quite solitary here, ...
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...se of it – you don’t feel the need when you can come back here and eat dinner outside.”
Fergus: “We both go to our restaurants every day. I take a taxi though, normally to St. John Bread and Wine for lunch.
Margot: “He’s above ground!
Fergus: “I find the world of the Undergrou...
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...“Upstairs has a bit more formality to it. If we have drinks upstairs and dinner downstairs, everyone sits in the living room not knowing what to do. You have to sit people down at a table – it doesn’t work otherwise.”
“Because we’re such big eaters, the open-plan flat was fantastic be...
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... it feels like a jungle.”
Marie: “We love inviting friends to have dinner or inviting colleagues for a drink after work on our terrace. Were really using all of our outdoor spaces and making the most of them. We feel so privileged to have them and when you’re up there, it doesn’t feel li...
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...d it or where it got that scratch…
If you’re having people over for dinner, what do you cook?
I love cooking for friends and my cooking style is rustic rather than gourmet. But I do a mean middle eastern banquet. I enjoy informal dining: a table full of different dishes that people can help ...
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...s in there by Gabriel Hartley. I have a rule of always giving at least one dinner a week, as I love to cook. I can fit about 17 people in for dinner because of the two dining tables.“I’ve had various friends, actors and actresses come and live here over the years. We’re such a transient bunch,...
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...her, people that are doing the same job as us. While in New York, I hosted dinners for designers, where nobody knew each other but we all knew each others work. So we would get together, share a meal and maybe share information and create friendships. It is the human connection, whether it is someon...
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...o my bedroom and the table extends so we can fit lots of people around for dinner.”
What are your thoughts on modern living?
I guess modern living is about an awareness and a consideration of ‘how you live. The popularity of ‘hygge is interesting as that’s all about slowing down...
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...work with my team, or even just a space for the two of us to have a simple dinner and put a film on. It’s never felt tiny or huge – it’s just right for our needs.”Is there a home for sale on our website that has caught your eye?“This house on Calais Street is stunning. I love all the natur...
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...s a big eating
out culture.
“When I was growing up, it
wasn’t just dinner that was important, we would spend time eating breakfast
together as a family too. But, back then, I didn’t think about it too much
because it was so ingrained.
“I started thinking about
food more when I moved ...
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...ning table (the homeowners are food and wine aficionados and enjoy hosting dinner parties). On the opposite side of the residence, the east great room and an adjacent media room provide additional opportunities for entertaining smaller groups or simply watching television. “Having several differen...
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...ristin: “The biggest party weve had here was for 120. On Friday we had a dinner for around 40, which happens quite frequently. We just put the food on the table and people take some and go and sit wherever they want, which is nice and informal.
“Weve never been very precious. I might put on a...
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... on the sofa if he’s been out in Shoreditch all night, so we have family dinners and lunches at the weekend quite a lot.
“The first project here was building the kitchen and dining room on top of the roof, which was flat. This building was the clergyman’s house when it was built in 1719, an...
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