Lunch chez Benham is a festival of extraordinary flavours.
It had an extraordinary depth of flavour and a texture that balanced tension with tenderness.
A fat, caramelised scallop – its buttery, pillowy meat contrasting with the Dayglo emerald of celeriac and lemon verbena sauce – pairs luxury with extraordinary brightness of flavour.
I shared that fish with some friends for breakfast, and the flavour was extraordinary.
When the animals are well-reared and killed under no stress whatsoever, the meat flavour is extraordinary and has a very melting quality from the fat".
The following selection of highly commended images is therefore an attempt to provide a flavour of the extraordinary quality of entries this year, and hint at the complexity of ecological processes happening on earth.
It groans with extraordinary varieties, many grown for their flavour and looks: stringy Bangalore Whippets' Tails, blushing Pink Tigers, Habaneros like crinkled paper lanterns and an unnerving Alien-type face-hugger specimen called Ubatuba.
She used this machine to make the most spectacular moulded ices, among them her extraordinary Rosseline Bombe, a snowy confection flavoured with rosewater, maraschino and preserved cherries.
Their created human husk had been challenging to acclimatize to, but the ability to experience an extraordinary range of salty, sweet and umami flavours had been a delightful perk.
