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Tesco's Tumble

Thursday, 19th January 2012

A few billion off the value of the company will hardly dent its huge success, but what turned the customers off? Read more...

Chicory and Arras

Wednesday, 4th January 2012

In Arras they call chicory the pearl of the north. It’s an honorary title for a vegetable that has an unusual story. Read more...

Fenland Celery

Tuesday, 1st November 2011

The soil is an indication of its origins, a grubby barcode that tells you where it is from. In the case of celery, dirt is a sign that the plant been grown in the traditional way; banked up with soil to blanch it, leaving deep trenches on either side... Read more...

Andre Rodary's Duck Lesson

Thursday, 13th October 2011

To waste any part of the precious, well fattened Gascony ducks would be a sin. Every piece of meat, skin, fat and offal must be used. Read more...

Oyster Bedlam

Sunday, 10th October 2010

Heaven is a bed of native oysters... Read more...

Biba Memories

Sunday, 3rd October 2010

Miranda sold me a nail varnish and bluish lipstick for 50p each. Steep, I thought, falling even more in love with my gothic haul. Read more...

Sunday Roast is Toast

Monday, 27th September 2010

Run anything on the fuel it is not designed for, and the likelihood is that there will be side effects. Read more...

Unnecessary Fuss

Wednesday, 15th September 2010

Noticed anything unusual about the people you passed in the street this week? Read more...