Noma News

Renowned food writer M.F.K. Fisher once wrote, "First we eat, then we do everything else." That might sound startlingly unromantic at first, but Fisher revered, as all gourmands do, the dual role that eating plays in our lives: physical necessity and opportunity for transcendence.

"I'm sure you'll be interested to hear," said Jeremy Clarkson in The Sunday Times, "that at a glittering ceremony in London last week a herd of food enthusiasts announced with much trumpetry that the best restaurant in the world is a place called Noma in Copenhagen.

This undated file photo courtesy of Ditte Isager shows chef Rene Redzepi. At age 32, Redzepi is the chef of the moment, ever since his Copenhagen restaurant, Noma, grabbed first place on Restaurant Magazine’s list of the world’s 50 best restaurants last spring.