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Quique

Dacosta

Larger than
This super sleek restaurant in Dénia, on Spain’s
CostaBlanca,servesmodernSpanishfood
Intrigueon
life
under the excellent leadership of part-chef, part-

botanist Quique Dacosta.
the high
His minimalist plates feature just two or three
A new exhibition of ‘Larger Than Life’
ingredients and have earned him No.41 spot in
seas
this year’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, portraits by painter Catherine
Goodman has opened at London’s
which is sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua
Panna.
National Portrait Gallery.
Author Nick Elliott has used his Her subjects, who include film director
Dishes include the use of local ingredients such
experience within the shipping as sea urchin, king prawns and Iberian pork and Stephen Frears (pictured), poet and
industry to write this fictional book broadcaster Daisy Goodwin and
form two of tasting menus – ‘Local Universe’
based on the world of shipping and and ‘Tomorrowland’ in which Dacosta displays Prince’s Drawing School student and
ex-soldier Harry Parker, all sat for their
with the tag line ‘money, murder and his creativity.
love on the high seas’.
portraits in a duck-egg blue chair in A stand-out dish is his black truffle mocha – a

the artist’s London studio.
When instinct tells maritime claims little cake stuffed with cream cheese and dusted
investigator Angus McKinnon that a It is the first display of Goodman’s
with black truffles.
wave of frauds must be connected, he work at the NPG where, in 2002, she
thinks it’s just business as usual – was awarded first prize in the BP
www.quiquedacosta.es
instead, he uncovers a ruthless Portrait Award. She is Artistic Director Ctra. Las Marinas,
conspiracy born of greed and the lust of The Prince’s Drawing School,
Km.3.Urb.El Poblet, 03700 Dénia
for power.
which she co-founded with HRH The
Prince of Wales, and currently lives This debut thriller from Elliott – a

and paints in London and India.
former boarding agent and a Fellow

of the Institute of Chartered
Shipbrokers – is packed with intrigue, Catherine Goodman:

action and suspense.
Portraits from Life
www.npg.org.uk

Sea of Gold, £7.99 Showing until 23rd November 2014
By Nick Elliott

64 The SHIP Supplier Issue 61 2014