Drinking Amontillado sherry in Andalusia, my mind turns to Queen Isabella of Castile
Would a few sips have made her a more tolerant ruler?
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Student culinary habits may be the greatest sign of our generational divide
When I was at university I cooked pasta in a kettle. Today’s students share their carrot and coconut porridge and home-made…
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Why it’s time for a meat tax
We already tax sugar, tobacco, and alcohol – so why not burgers?
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The fermented Chinese tea that scares the bejesus out of alcohol-shy Americans
Fermented long enough, Kombucha generates a mind-blowing 2 per cent alcohol – sparking US hysteria and a product recall in 2010.
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“Bollocks”: Tory ministers in open Twitter warfare over the sugar tax
In an enjoyably concise demonstration of how far we’ve come from the concept of a party line, a health minister…
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How motorway service station restaurants were once the height of excitement
Medieval banquets, Whitstable oysters and Jimi Hendrix.
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There’s nothing posh about worrying about a lack of avocados after Brexit
That British food is now edible is thanks to imported fresh fruit and veg. And it won’t be the Brexiteers…
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Meet Agnes Marshall, the ice cream “dynamo” who used liquid air a century before Heston Blumenthal
The Victorian “Queen of Ices” has a good claim to have invented the cornet.
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