To do justice to food as the most wide-ranging and personal of subjects, I needed additional voices to chime in. I asked dungeekin so he would make me one of the fabulous roasts he discusses below. My plan is working ’cause I’ve been eating awfully well as a result.  — Deb. * * * * [...]

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A few days ago, my good friend Mark Gray posted in his excellent blog  Pizza Marko , that he and his delectable wife Didi had been taste-testing a couple of high-end tonic waters against a brand leader. Initially I thought there couldn’t possibly be much difference between the three, as I’d always thought tonic waters [...]

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Today is Valentine’s Day, the day we celebrate either a) Romantic Love in all its giddy connotations b) an obscure Catholic saint c) an ancient pagan feast of spring cleaning, depending on your inclination In the US, it is also National Cream-Filled Chocolate Day, which would appear to be rather a sop to those who [...]

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Today America celebrates National Bagels and Lox Day, and I, living in London as I do, am suddenly very homesick for New York. While you can get some rather nice bagels here- on Brick Lane, or at Mr Bagel’s in Dalston – London bagels just don’t seem to measure up to the great New York [...]

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Today the United States of America celebrates National Popcorn Day. And short of Thanksgiving (last Thursday in November), National Apple Pie Day (May 13th), National Root Beer Float Day (August 6th) or National Peanut Butter And Jelly Day (April 2nd), I can think of no other food holiday that is as quintessentially American. We love [...]

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