Maison Noir Reserve

Journal

Three or four long pieces a year, written by whoever did the work. No recipes we have not actually cooked, and no trend pieces.

The index

Three pieces so far. Reading times are honest rather than flattering.

Entries

Slices of seared duck breast fanned across a dark board beside a spoon of jus.

March 4, 2026   Isolde Renard   11 minute read

Why we age our duck for twenty one days

Three weeks in a cabinet at two degrees does four things to a duck, only one of which is about flavour. Here is what we measured, what we got wrong for the first two years, and why we stopped at twenty one days instead of pushing to thirty five.

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Glass jars of dark ferments lined up on steel shelving in a dim cellar.

February 11, 2026   Marcus Oyelaran   10 minute read

The fermentation room beneath Hudson Street

A disused cold store, twelve degrees all year, and about four hundred litres of things quietly changing. What lives down there, how we keep it safe, and the two batches we have thrown away this year.

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The menu letter

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