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January deserves lemon pudding

January deserves lemon pudding
thursday 9

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Olivia Potts

How to make chocolate salami

For as long as we’ve been serving food, we’ve been unable to resist a bit of culinary deception. Making one thing look like another thing –...

12.12.2024 4

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Olivia Potts

Mince, glorious mince

Sometimes, when it comes to culinary history, Britain is its own worst enemy. For a long time, British food has been seen as a joke among other...

14.11.2024 2

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Olivia Potts

Brown bread ice cream: a delicious use for stale bread

I often think of the first time I ate brown bread ice cream. I know how that sounds: it’s the exact sort of pretentious nonsense a food writer...

31.10.2024 1

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Olivia Potts

Potato crisps and the British character

Pickled fish. Lemon tea. Cucumber. Doner kebab. Stewed beef noodles. Salted egg. Soft shell crab. Coney island mustard. Smoked gouda. Hamburger...

10.10.2024 1

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Olivia Potts

The no-bake bliss of icebox cake

Standing in the biscuit aisle of my local supermarket, I’m overwhelmed by possibilities. This isn’t unusual for me, but normally it’s fuelled by...

05.09.2024 2

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Olivia Potts

American salads are weird – but an egg salad is perfect

The Americans are weird about salad. I’m sorry, but somebody had to say it. Really, their use of the word ‘salad’ needs scare quotes around it....

22.08.2024 1

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Olivia Potts

Yorkshire curd tart: a well-kept, delicious secret

There are many old dishes in the UK that are hyper-regional, whose reach has never extended beyond geographical boundaries but remain much loved...

08.08.2024 2

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Olivia Potts

My shameful shortcut to perfect pesto

Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. It has been… too long since my last confession. Picture the scene. I am in the kitchen, almost literally...

25.07.2024 1

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Olivia Potts

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