Hachis Parmentier

Caviar farming is a painstaking investment and process that takes years to yield results. Just what does it take to be the best purveyor in the field? The Gastronome team caught up with La Maison Nordique to uncover the passion and craft behind every shimmering pearl.

With its significant burst of umami, tomato has been one of my long time favourite (yet confusing) ingredient. To be botanically correct, it is a berry (therefore it's a fruit) but it is used as a vegetable. Well, cucumber, green beans, eggplant, zucchini are in the same category but the tomato has a special history.