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I committed the food blogger’s textbook error lastnight. I spent half an hour whirling about my little kitchen making a late supper. As smells of garlic, and lamb gently wafted through the flat, I was practically salivating by the time I plated everything up. Rather than putting any effort into a nice photograph whatsoever, I [...]

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My first foray into the world of chutney took place purely by accident. One evening in August I asked Tom if he could pick up one of those market-sized bowls of tomatoes on his way to the flat. An hour later, he still wasn’t back. I was starting to worry. Then, with a big flourish [...]

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The near-mythical ‘Indian summer’ has suddenly become a reality. Londoners are shedding their macs and leaving their brollies at home, flowers have been tricked into blooming all over again and Edgware Road has sold out of ice cream. Britain has gone bezeerk. So, I thought it would be a good time to tempt you with [...]

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I’ve done a small poll, and can conclude that boys don’t like gazpacho. Obviously, this is a whopping generalization, but the boys I’ve quizzed don’t seem to understand the concept: “can’t you warm it up?” Contrary to popular belief, a gazpacho is not a tin of tomato soup that someone failed to put in a [...]

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Mum has always been clued up about nutrition. When I was about 10 years old I did a biology project where I had to write down everything I ate and work out all the calories and general goodness in my meals. The problem was that this project ran over Saturday mornings, where we had the [...]

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Right now, the Oxbridge boys preparing for the boat race will be knocking back 6,000 calories a day. If you think that’s a lot, then Michael Phelps regularly wolfs down 10,000 calories a day which is a feat in itself. Extraordinary really, that no matter how small a salad I limit myself to, or how [...]

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