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16 November 2011updated 17 Jan 2012 12:32pm

“I had some magical trotters on my wedding night”

The NS Interview: Fergus Henderson, chef at St John

By Helen Lewis

Is there any food you find disgusting?
Raw celery. I don’t understand the point of it. Braised celery – lovely! But raw celery is just stringy and wet. Lung, too. Oh, and genitalia. I know we’ve had testicles on the menu, but on the whole I don’t really wish to go there.

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