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Observer Food Monthly Awards 2012 Best Readers' Cocktail Recipe: You Me @ Six...
This is a twist on a Negroni, which makes it a little more palatable to the typical British drinkerCampari dustTanqueray 10 50mlAperol 12.5mllemon juice 20mlGomme 10mlorange 1To make the Campari dust,...
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Observer Food Monthly Awards 2012 Best Cheap Eats: runners up
Cafes, canteens and tapas bars – your choices from around the UKLONDONPitt Cue CoNo reservations because it's so small, which means queues – but don't even think about not waiting. Go for the pulled...
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Observer Food Monthly Awards 2012 Best Sunday Lunch: runners up
Readers' choices of roast dinners and more from around BritainLONDONThe AlbionLovely Georgian building, pretty garden and mighty lunch, including rib of Longhorn beef for two. 10 Thornhill Road,...
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Observer Food Monthly Awards 2012 Outstanding Contribution: Raymond Blanc
Britain's favourite Frenchman still sets the standards to which our chefs aspireRaymond Blanc describes himself as "a micro-idiot". He is not casting aspersions on his diminutive height or his levels...
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Observer Food Monthly Awards 2012: Introduction by Nigel Slater
Who's won? Let a winner tell you himself …Each year, we celebrate the best of the food world, from young chefs and campaigners, to bakers and bloggers and scientists and shops. We honour everything...
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Nothing's too good for the gourmet in your lifeMina Holland
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Nigel Slater's meat-free Christmas
Crisp pastry parcels, porcini and nut roast, pomegranate brûlée: Christmas fruit and veg is more than just a bit on the sideNot everyone wants to eat meat at Christmas, while others simply like...
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Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood's Christmas baking recipes
Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood give their recipes for perfect Christmas cakes and panettoneMary Berry's Bûche de NoëlThe French Christmas log, suitable for dessert or with coffee.For the spongelarge...
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Curly Wurlys and Fruit Salads: British life is sweets
You can tell a lot about a country by its confectionery. So let's celebrate the Britishness of Sherbet Fountains and Coconut IceThis government, like the last one, is apt to worry about Britishness....
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Claude Bosi's Christmas recipes
Turkey, Christmas pudding, a festive ham – seasonal recipes from Claude Bosi, chef patron of HibiscusRye flour and meatball soupI found this soup in Poland. I went with some friends in August to the...
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Christmas taste test: charcuterie
Choice cuts, tested by the head chef at Polpetto, Florence KnightProsciuttoBEST BUYSelfridgesSan Daniele 18 Months100g, £5.50This has a perfect balance of salt and sweetness. I use San Daniele at the...
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Christmas taste test: drinks
As rated by Sandia Chang, Sommelier at Bubbledogs, LondonOloroso sherryHarvey NicholsEl Maestro Sierra Oloroso375ml, £9.75This has a lovely raisiny nose and would be great with fruitcake. It's...
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Christmas taste test: trimmings
As rated by Richard Corrigan, chef patron of Bentley's Sea Grill, HarrodsBread sauceMarks & Spencer Fresh Bread Sauce 400g, £3I love the consistency – it is perfectly balanced. It has a good...
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Christmas taste test: cheese
French and English cheese tested by the chef from Le Gavroche, Michel Roux JrBriePaxton & WhitfieldBrie de Meaux£25 per kgBeautifully ripe and tastes how it should: of the pastures and of herbs. It...
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Ian Rankin: 'I am, of course, a frustrated rock star'
The creator of Rebus discusses real ale, good and evil – and Twitter – over lunch in Edinburgh"Ah, I remember this; it was the only place in the city you could get a proper wooden clothes pole," grins...
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Suggs: 'I love good food – and a proper greasy spoon
The Madness singer on royal canapés, being a butcher's boy and scoffing strawberries as a kidI was born in Hastings and my earliest memory is of crawling about and eating pet food out of the cat's...
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Bake Off's Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry: 'We argue over every cake'
Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood are the year's unlikeliest TV stars after the success of The Great British Bake Off. But even they're not sure why it's been such a huge hitGetting to speak to Paul...
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10 fizzy wines for Christmas
Champagne and sparkling wines to suit every pocket• Interactive hamper: find the best Christmas food and drink10 fizzy wines for ChristmasPaolo Pizzorni Moscato d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy 2011(37.5cl,...
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