An exotic invitation to gluttons

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This article was published 21/06/2005 (7653 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

BROADCAST NEWS… Satellite radio is on the way to Canada, and that could mean some Winnipeg stations will have to get more local to keep their local audience.

That, undoubtedly, is why the Breeze 100.7 FM has just hired veteran local broadcaster Roger Currie to do commentaries. Currie will do 90-second opinion pieces weekdays at the end of the 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. newscasts.

CONGRATULATIONS TO… Ash Modha of Mondetta fashion fame, who married in Maui Saturday. The personable young executive wed former Royal Winnipeg Ballet dancer Chalnessa Eames, who now lives in Seattle and performs with the Pacific Northwest Ballet. Obviously Ash, who travels on business most of the year, will make more visits to Seattle…

DINNER IS SERVED… The Corydon and Lilac specialty food store and bistro with the unforgettable name — gluttons has been open for lunch since February but now they’re serving dinner. Tonight, gluttons is having an invitation-only pre-tasting, and tomorrow they open officially. Jameson Watermulder, who’s partners in gluttons with Chris Verwey, says reservations are required.

Just so you know, gluttons chef Makoto Ono offers a menu that includes exotic eats such as horse fillet, sweetbreads pan-fried with spinach, bacon and wild mushrooms, and Quebec foie gras.

Tasting menus, for those who have never had the pleasure, are a series of small portions that make a full meal. Small portions at gluttons may seem like an oxymoron, but sometimes less, as they say, can be more.

I didn’t get it until I caught the owner of French Laundry — a California restaurant rated among the best in the world — explaining the concept on Charlie Rose’s late-night PBS interview show. It seems that our taste buds absorb the fullest flavours in the first few bites. Hence the smaller portions and the superior taste experience.

LOOKING FOR ADVENTURE… The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative has two job openings at its New Delhi headquarters and they’re looking for young Canadians to fill them.

“I see the jobs as a great start for any young career,” says former Free Press managing editor Murray Burt. “A chance to work in India, the world’s largest democracy, at a time when it is emerging as a powerhouse in Asia, is a huge opportunity for anyone contemplating international law, business or economics — not to mention world poverty and rights. It’s also a chance to see India as no tourist will ever do.”

If you’re interested, contact Burt for more details at burt@mts.net

THE LAST WORD… Danny Finkelman, the proudly Winnipeg-born-and-raised host of CBC Radio’s Finkelman’s 45s, signs off this Saturday night. Between spinning rock ‘n’ roll, the quirky Finkelman has spent two decades making the mundane funny and fascinating. Last week, Finkelman told fellow CBC fixture Sheelagh Rogers why he’s finally retiring.

“After 20 years,” he said, “it’s getting harder and harder to talk about nothing.”

gordon.sinclair@freepress.mb.ca