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Deliciously English
"sometimes it takes years of looking at other countries to realise how wonderful your own actually is." Jamie Oliver I'm sort of killing...
Aug 28, 2023
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The London Particular
"a fog named after the soup eventually became a soup named after the fog." Londonist David suggested a new 'series' of blogs the other...
Aug 7, 2023
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The charm of England - Eccles cakes
"there is almost nothing in this country for which a cake hasn't been named." Nigel Slater Somewhere or other on the television recently...
Aug 1, 2023
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Wee drams
Dram "a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink, especially whisky" Cambridge English Dictionary "A pour of alcohol. The amount is...
Jul 24, 2023
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Welsh cakes
"Unforgettably flaky, tender, almost melt-in-your-mouth texture that’s punctuated with sweet currants and laced with a wonderful hint of...
Jul 12, 2023
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Mundane to trendy and back to mundane
"blandly milky, comfortingly stodgy, and just the thing to use up all the staling half loaves left hanging around by Christmas guests who...
May 21, 2023
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A rainy day dish
"The recipe is pretty simple, but not for the calorie-conscious" Australian Food Timeline It's a miserable day and we have promised to...
May 7, 2023
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Eggs - what's in a name?
"The variations on this simple dish are infinite" Robert Carrier Indeed they are and it is perfectly easy to become completely confused...
Feb 5, 2023
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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...
Feb 1, 2023
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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 ......
Jan 29, 2023
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Whim whams
"This kind of thing is more a delicious mouthful at the end of a meal, than a pudding." Jane Grigson It's not the end of a meal - I'm...
Jan 27, 2023
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The umami battle of the 'mites' (mar,vege,pro,aussie...)
"Marmite is a British icon. Vegemite is an Australian icon. Since Brits and Aussies have sporting rivalries, mischievous senses of humour...
Jan 12, 2023
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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...
Jan 6, 2023
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First recipe, first book
"The only way to eat superb Indian food, with a guarantee of variety, quality and freshness of ingredients, is to learn to cook it for...
Jan 2, 2023
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Bubble and squeak
"As kitchen recycling goes, this is probably the most useful of all, neatly dispensing with those most difficult of leftovers." Nigel...
Dec 15, 2022
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Mint sauce(s)
"when done right, mint sauce is the key to turning casual summer dinners into something special." Salon.com I spent the morning weeding...
Dec 5, 2022
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Battenberg cake
"its appearance is a convenient shorthand for a world rapidly vanishing in a puff of Yardley’s lavender." Felicity Cloake I'm not sure...
Dec 4, 2022
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Baked apples - so many ways
"All millionaires love a baked apple" Ronald Firbank This all started with a purchase of a big bag of i'Mperfect apples from Coles by...
Nov 26, 2022
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Genteel sandwiches on the lawn
"Everything tastes better outdoors." Claudia Roden It's such a beautiful day - you can almost imagine that summer is actually on its...
Nov 7, 2022
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Charter pie
"the 'Charter'. Was it sweet or savoury? Was it in fact food at all?" Jane Grigson It begins with this man - Parson Woodforde a Norfolk...
Oct 5, 2022
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