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Six grapes you should know better
Many fine European grapes have been marginalised by the most popular varieties like chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon. It's time to rediscover themFor 30 years or more, from the 1970s to the beginning...
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Pigs: a very British obsession
From PG Wodehouse and Churchill to Lily Allen, the British have long been obsessed with pigs. Here, four owners explain the attractionAccording to the encyclopedia, the pig is "of the genus Sus, within...
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Angela Hartnett: 'The first feeling I had was shock'
Opening a restaurant is hard enough without complications. But when you are in a couple, and one of you nearly dies … Angela Hartnett and Neil Borthwick talk about love, life, good food and broken...
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Recipes from the Merchant's Tavern
Deep-fried baby artichokes, cod fillet with peppers, courgettes and aubergine, and honey tart with roast apricots… Angela Hartnett and Neil Borthwick's recipes from their new restaurant the Merchant's...
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Bill Bailey: 'I nearly torched an entire restaurant'
The comedian on Crunchies, a proper cuppa and the taste of fruit batI remember watching my son learning to eat food for the first time. He'd squeeze it in his hand until the juice came out and mulch it...
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Taste test: Scandinavian special
From herrings to havarti cheese, tested by Mikael Jonsson, head chef at HedoneCrispbreadPeter's YardArtisan Swedish crispbread200g, £3.50, petersyard.comThis looks and tastes more artisanal than the...
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Jay Rayner | Why I don't like grown-up drinks
Gin, vermouth and Campari: some call it a negroni, I call this cocktail foulI have a drinking problem. My problem is the things I am unable to drink: I cannot stand the taste of negronis. Yes, I know....
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Crunching nuts with Brian Wilson
In 2008, the Beach Boys founder member explained why crickets, birdsong and wind were his favourite soundsBrian Wilson was sitting in the executive club room of London's InterContinental hotel in 2008,...
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Nigel Slater: welcome to Observer Food Monthly's August issue
In this issue of OFM we look at the special relationship between man and pig, South America's star chef Alex Atala, and Angela Hartnett's latest venture with her boyfriend Neil BorthwickI have adopted...
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Simon Pegg: 'My daughter was a blank slate. This little life had never eaten...
The actor made his name in knockabout British comedies but he's now a fixture in Hollywood. So why he's growing his own carrots? "It's all about nutrition," he saysI'll admit it: I'm slightly...
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Krispy Kreme doughnuts, naughty food and me
So there might be a magic genetic bullet for obesity. I'm sorry, but that's just wrongAs a rule I try not to believe Daily Express headlines. Otherwise I would be constantly distraught by news such as:...
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Darcey Bussell: 'Mum sent me to ballet class to control my clumsiness'
The dancer and Strictly judge on childhood food memories – and what she keeps in her BBC fridgeMy earliest memory is of Weetabix. I lived on them. For my favourite meal, breakfast, I could get through...
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Egypt's street food: the Middle East's culinary secret
On a trip to Cairo, Anissa Helou shops in the abundant street market and learns how to make perfect koshariUnlike Lebanon, Syria and Turkey, Egypt doesn't really have a restaurant culture although it...
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Egyptian street food recipes
Perfect koshari, tabbule salad and 'handkerchief bread' puddingKoshariThis is my home version, a cross between Lebanese mujaddarah and Egyptian koshariServes 6-8For the tomato sauceextra virgin olive...
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Wines that hit the sweet spot
There's more sugar in many wines than you'd think – it's best to avoid the ones where it's there to smooth over the rough edgesNutritionists call it "invisible sugar", that phenomenon of modern life...
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Spike Milligan: 'What's the dress code for dining with royalty?'
Back in 1998, the comedian recalled dinner with Charles – and singing for his supper to a young William and HarryI'd experienced Spike Milligan in a number of states - hyper, despairing, giggling,...
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Lobster's worth shelling out for
Luxury foods should be a treat – and reassuringly expensive. So don't expect me to applaud when the price of lobster fallsBrowsing the financial pages, as I'm apt to do, I stumbled on a piece about...
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Roddie Sloan supplies sea urchins to some of the world's best restaurants, including Noma in Copenhagen and St John in London. He dives for them off the coast of Norway, inside the Arctic Circle, in...
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On the trail of sea urchins in the Arctic Circle
Arctic diver Roddie Sloan was about to abandon his beloved urchins to study engineering, but then he got a call that would change his life..."Our urchin diver is a Scotsman who came to Norway for the...
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Frozen in Time: Frank Sinatra in Palm Springs, January 1964
The singer was showing off his $100,000 kitchen. Was a sandwich really all he could muster?There was a seminal article in Esquire in 1966 by Gay Talese entitled "Frank Sinatra has a cold". This...
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