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Mashed potato
"The topic of mashed potato started a heated debate among my colleagues. Half of them insisted it had to be creamy, buttery and have...
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- 4 days ago
Nostalgia and the 'caff'
"I’m really genuinely terrified that we are losing for ever the caff. And I mean that very specifically: the caff not the cafe ......
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- Jan 26
French/Indian - did it happen?
"even while the European powers ruled, none of them had any effect on the basic diet of the local people. Rice, mainly 'boiled' rice ,...
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- Jan 6
Twelfth night
"On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me A partridge in a pear tree." It's Twelfth Night. Well the day that my family...
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- Dec 23, 2022
Baubles
"Bauble - a showy but worthless or useless thing" Collins English Dictionary In our house it's sort of Christmas Eve today because...
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- Dec 20, 2022
Christmas dilemmas
“A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.” Garrison Keillor I'm...
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- Dec 6, 2022
Malaysian food
"Roti, roti and more roti!" Granddaughter Abby Yesterday we received some photographs from my daughter-in-law, of the family eating out...
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- Dec 2, 2022
Hot off a rock - a Neanderthal falafel
"more and more studies are suggesting an ancient penchant for bitter - and astringent-tasting plant foods from as early as the Middle...
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- Nov 27, 2022
"Classics are the classics for a reason"
CLASSIC: "accepted or deserving to be accepted as one of the best or most important of its kind" Oxford Dictionary "having a high...
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- Nov 24, 2022
Cakes with a hole in the middle
"There is no denying that Bundt cakes are all about the look. But no matter if you are soaking yours in syrup, dusting with icing sugar...
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- Nov 22, 2022
Chicken and dates from New York
"The “prunes were very much Marrakech tagines; the green olives were Marbella, Spain.” That sounds about right. But, the sugar is pure...
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- Nov 11, 2022
The ultimate fusion dish
"It's Japan's chilli, its bacon cheeseburger, its meatloaf and gravy all in one, a hangover-killing man meal found in bars and...
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- Nov 4, 2022
A tablecloth
"Using a tablecloth adds character to the table and enhances the aura of the dining area." Quora commenter What do you know about...
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- Oct 28, 2022
An oldie but a goodie - Pollo alla Romana con peperoni
"a time to interrupt all ordinary activities and get some rest." Toni Brancatisano Following on yesterday's analysis of what you can...
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- Oct 27, 2022
Biscoff for a rainy day
"it is as if the deep flavour of the coffee and unique taste and crunchiness of the Lotus Biscoff biscuit were made for each other." ...
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- Oct 26, 2022
Cooking - the only thing unique to us
"Once fire was discovered, the instinct for improvement made men bring food to it. First to dry it, then to put it on the coals to cook."...
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- Oct 24, 2022
How we discovered Middle Eastern Food
"It is the fruit of nostalgic longing for, and delighted savouring of, food that was the constant joy of life in a world so different...
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- Oct 22, 2022
Is it possible to keep it simple - and cheap?
"Simple is easy to get wrong" Neil Perry It seems that Catalonia is the flavour of this week, because here I am about to talk about a...
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- Oct 14, 2022
Still life
"simple, wholesome food standing on a sill or held in air by the hand of a geometer and poet adept at ordering a world of marvels: did he...
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- Oct 12, 2022
Why do we celebrate birthdays?
"There was a star danced, and under that was I born." William Shakespeare Birthdays are a time to celebrate, to party. Right? And here...
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