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Spread the cheer with spreadable beer
Saturday May 18th, 2013Spreadable beer? How queer. But it's here - and, whether it's blondes or brunettes that tickle your fancy, there's a version for you.
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Oy Vey – Gefiltefest Returns
Tuesday May 14th, 2013Jewish food is pure comfort and often as rich as the culture that spawned it. Both will be celebrated with just the right amount of schmaltz at the fourth annual Gefiltefest on May 19th, held at the London Jewish Cultural Centre.
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The Bitter Truth
Sunday May 12th, 2013Down your Dairy Milk and prick up your ears. I’m going to ask you to eschew that sweet milky marvel made with a full ‘glass-and-a-half’. For, when it comes to choc, black is the new tan.
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Durable Dualit makes things do-able
Sunday May 12th, 2013Prize the box from its bubble-wrapped sarcophagus; unfasten the tabs with the mounting excitement of a 90’s kid unwrapping a Furby on Christmas morn; sloooowly lift the lid to reveal my shiny, shiny loot.
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Urban Rajah's Curry Memoirs - Ivor Peters
Sunday May 12th, 2013AKA the book I wish I’d penned. And, were I a British-born son of the Subcontinent with a way with a word, a dashing, dandy-ish dress sense, and a slim pencil moustache, I may well have pipped him to the post.
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From India - Kumar & Suba Mahadevan
Wednesday May 8th, 2013You can keep your Kindle - I love the smell of a book in the morning. I also love the jolt of a spiced Mysore coffee; the divine Parsi scrambled eggs known as akuri; and the crisp-spongy bite of a dosa dipped into creamy coconut chutney.
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Coca leaf liqueur – better than The Real Thing?
Thursday May 2nd, 2013These days, in order to stand out from the quaffable crowd, a drink needs enough swagger, style and substance to turn its liquid peers green with envy.
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Imli Street
Monday April 29th, 2013The old Imli was, frankly, a bit rubbish. And, despite the ‘innovative Indian tapas’ concept, which in theory sounded great, the majority of diners ended up sticking with the tried-and-tested chicken-curry-naan-rice triumvirate. How innovative. So would the newly-suffixed one be more up my 'Street'?
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Pistonhead: Rude, Lewd and spectacularly Crude
Tuesday April 23rd, 2013I like a product that speaks to me. Some softly whisper, beckoning from the shadows with crooked finger, whilst others get under your skin with enigmatic enticements to indulge. Pistonhead just bellows at you, hits you round the head with a sledgehammer, and drags you back to its cave.
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Royally pregnant with expectation
Friday April 19th, 2013Labouring the point somewhat, The Cinnamon Club has devised a new menu designed to nurture expectant mothers like the Duchess of Cornwall herself.
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By George, Let's Celebrate the Best of British
Monday April 15th, 2013Although St George's own heritage may lie beyond our own fair isle, it's only fair that we celebrate the fine fellow's contribution to good old England with some good old English fare. And Kensington's Park Terrace Restaurant is holding a fayre to do just that. Let's hope the weather's set fair. Okay, I'll stop now.
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Raise a Chang beer for Thai New Year
Saturday April 6th, 2013This year has been a right washout. Grey, drab, dreary. So I’ve been looking to other cultures to brighten the bleakness. Persian Nowruz, Indian Holi... Next on my agenda, Thai Songkran.
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The Green Kitchen – David Frenkiel and Luise Vindahl
Saturday April 6th, 2013In the wake of ‘Horsegate’ it’s inevitable many people will have a dalliance with vegetarianism, however short-lived. But, as the authors prove, it’s really just more about mindful eating than mealy-mouthed moralising. This pair have got it licked.
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Roti Chai spices up the Southbank
Monday April 1st, 2013This pop-up pedals exotic street snackerels and cocktails to Alchemy festival-goers, providing shelter from the elements and tasty ways to warm up whether you’re hungry or hitting the hard stuff.
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Chic choc with CHOC Chick
Sunday March 24th, 2013I’ve got me a Masterkit and I’m damn well going to master the art of this raw chocolate-making malarkey. I’m suffering from an addiction to purchasing astronomically-priced hunks of the righteous brown stuff. My bank balance is ailing, but I’m not willing to go cold turkey. So I'll just make my own.
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Easter Eggy Eggy Eggy! Oi Oi Oi!
Saturday March 23rd, 2013You’re never too old for an Easter egg. Or too much of a cocoa connoisseur, or too skint to indulge. In a purely altruistic act, we got cracking into shells of all sorts to bring you this bumper delivery from the Easter bunny.
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Asda’s eggcellent Easter wines
Friday March 22nd, 2013Whether you’re serving up a special meal for the family or entertaining friends this Easter, here are some of Asda expert Philippa Carr’s top picks for the long weekend.
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Don’t be a hot cross bunny- try these treats
Thursday March 21st, 2013Easter doesn't have to go pear-shaped if all things egg-shaped don't float your boat. Cake, candy, and cross-topped buns are in this bunny's basket. He's even made a trip to the (chocolate) fishmongers'...
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Oh Ferns, not Nandos
Thursday March 14th, 2013Watch your trolley. These days, you can’t afford a wonky wheel in the ‘World Food’ aisle. Shelves from foot to forehead are crammed with jars, and a single ill-judged move could be dangerous. And messy. Very, very messy.
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Super St Patrick’s Day Scran
Tuesday March 12th, 2013Seeking to kick off your St Pat’s in the traditional style of the Emerald Isle? Get yourself down to Asda and you’ll have the luck of the Irish.