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Kitchen experiments: stare disgusting in the face | Jay Rayner
Marmite bread, pork that tastes of fish – culinary experiments don't always work, but they're always worth tryingOnce, when I was a home-alone teenager, I did something disgusting to a mackerel. I...
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Florence Knight's simple summer recipes
Florence Knight, the head chef at London's Polpo, is cooking's new golden girl. Here are exclusive dishes from her new book, One: A Cook and Her Cupboard: from drowned tomatoes, braised lettuce and...
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Florence Knight, cooking's new golden girl
Head chef at Polpo, about to publish her first book – at 26, Florence Knight is the next big thing. She owes it all, she says, to her late fatherOn 26 May 2012, Polpetto, perhaps the buzziest, most...
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The 20 best summer wines
The best bottles on the shelves for a British summer – no matter how the weather turns outWhite winesFinest Falanghina, Puglia, Italy 2012(£6.99, Tesco)One of the more welcome developments in the wine...
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How to make perfect raspberry ripple ice cream
It's easier to make homemade ice cream than you think, says La Grotta Ices' Kitty Travers. No fancy equipment, just a bowl, a thermometer and a whiskWhen Kitty Travers sells her homemade ice cream at...
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Picnic foods: taste test
From quiches to couscous, lemonade to scotch eggs, Gizzi Erskine tastes and rates the best al fresco summer foodsCloudy lemonadeSelfridgesFentimans Victorian lemonade275ml, £1.79, selfridges.comTastes...
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Never trust anyone who is rude to a waiter
There's a lot of bad behaviour in restaurants these days. But I always follow my gran's rule …I remember my grandmother telling me that if I were ever to marry, I should make sure he was kind. But she...
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Nigel Slater's quick and easy recipes
Flatten a piece of meat with a rolling pin, and supper will be ready in 15 minutes, says Nigel Slater. Gammon with broad beans, chicken with taleggio and pork fillet with apple – perfect for a warm...
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Photographer Richard Saker follows chef Jason Atherton for a week on a tour of the far east outposts of his restaurant empire
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Little Social's steak tartare recipe
Try a dish from one of Jason Atherton's new London restaurants, Little Social, which opened earlier this year across the road from the original Pollen Street Social in Mayfair(Serves four)For the...
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Jason Atherton: a 21st-century cook's tour of the east
As a boy, Jason Atherton sold donkey rides on Skegness beach. Now he runs a global empire with restaurants in London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai. Tim Adams tries to keep upThere are times,...
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KT Tunstall: 'I spent my first music pay cheque on M&S food'
The Scottish singer on chips, going vegan – and her youthful nickname of 'Katy Custard'My earliest memories are of California, when my dad took a year's sabbatical at UCLA, and the orange and lemon...
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Stella Rimington: the day I met the KGB
The former MI5 chief turned novelist discusses over lunch her strangest meal ever, the state of the secret services – and the advantages of owning a dogThe strangest meal Dame Stella Rimington ever had...
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John Cleese: 'Anger is the deadly sin I've had most difficulty with'
Over sandwiches in 1989, the comedian talked of champagne and poisoned kippersJohn Cleese has played many roles in restaurants, not least the chef who cleavers the table in Python's Dirty Fork sketch....
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Nigel Slater: welcome to OFM's June issue
Nigel Slater introduces a summer special from Observer Food MonthlyIn this month's OFM, Kitty Travers of La Grotta Ices gets to grips with the raspberry ripple. An unapologetically nostalgic ice cream,...
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What's the point of picnics? | Jay Rayner
Divebombing wasps, festering chicken wings and bruised fruit – I think I'll stay in the kitchenAfter "Please come to my superhero-themed fancy dress wedding" the most distressing leisure time...
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How to complain in a restaurant
Fred Sirieix, unflappable general manager of London's Galvin at Windows, reveals the secrets of how to make a fuss without being booted off the premisesA survey showed that 38% of British people would...
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Nigel Slater: how to make the perfect summer lunch
Crab toasts with samphire, grilled langoustines, chicken salad with melon, and strawberry cream meringue cake… simple seasonal food to eat outsideThe perfect summer lunch, for me at least, will involve...
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Behind the scenes at The Great British Bake Off
They bicker, they tease – and watch Mad Men together. On the set of the new series, we meet the team behind a TV phenomenonWe call her Bez or Bezzer most of the time," Mel Giedroyc says looking across...
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How to eat on £10 a week: the shopping list and the recipes
Blogger Jack Monroe's £10 weekly shop makes three meals a day for two – with some left over for the next week. All prices correct using Tesco Value range on 4 July.Jack Monroe's weekly shop will make...
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