Stop perving over chefs!
This is not a Benihana
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Our food portions are bigger than ever
Standard dinner plates are two to three inches larger than 50 years ago
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A tale of two River Cafés
Why British haute cuisine is obsessed with fake modesty
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London’s pizza scene is in search of a soul
We are in danger of confusing skill with flair
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Can this curry make Britain less depressed?
I am searching for a cure to the national malaise at a Thai café on the peripheries of Soho
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How eating organs became cool
Meet the hipsters who want tripe for dinner
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Queueing in pubs disgraces Britain
The practice is unpatriotic and must be banned
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My fool-proof guide to getting a violent case of food poisoning
Remember: it only counts if you spend at least six hours wishing you were dead.
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Dining at Big John’s favourite Chinese restaurant
Am I on the frontier of successful multicultural Britain?
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What’s up with London’s sandwich bros?
Layer up the sliced meats and the corporate bohemians of the West End will come.
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Can the Great British caff survive?
Franchising is a low-risk way to grow, and a quick way to dilute charm.
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British food is reactionary now
Britain’s elite has discarded the cosmopolitan pan-European style for a nostalgiafest.
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Lezards, assemble!
A family celebration calls for a giant rib of beef. Clear the kitchen and hand me my oven gloves…
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School catering firms make millions while children eat Bad Pie
The quality of school meals has been falling dramatically in the cost-of-living crisis – and the proof is in the…
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Jane Austen’s subtle food commentary
The lack of domestic detail in the author’s worlds leaves much to chew on.
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Politicians are what they eat
Their food choices tell us more than speeches and sound bites ever could.
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Ah, baking, the only hobby I’ve really stuck to
On Good Friday, I rose at 4.30am with certainty: today was a day for hot cross buns.
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Fruitcake has long been a part of British celebrations
And it will be at my wedding.
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In my shopping basket I see a feast of brown
I have become more dependent on the staples of Englishness.
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The changing face of Lent
It has suited our capitalist, secular economy to relinquish the fasting but keep the feasting.
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