When Is A Potato Chip Not A Potato Chip?  Well, according to the UK High Court, when it’s a Pringle. On Friday, Justice Warren ruled that Pringles are not potato chips- or crisps, in the British vernacular- thus keeping them exempt from VAT. Apparently, they just don’t contain enough potato, and certainly don’t behave in [...]

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I confess, foodie friends, that on a day like today - hot, humid and grey - I don’t feel especially inspired to do much beyond delving deeply into a dish of white chocolate raspberry truffle Häagen-Dazs (the key, I am sure, to living a long and happy life). But I am refraining from such activity [...]

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Long, long overdue it’s true but better late than never eh? Blame the heat. Summer, feeling that we all needed a reminder of what time of year it actually was, has turned up the temp lately and all I can think of food wise is salad. I may, in fact, become tedious on the subject [...]

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I spent a goodly portion of this week awash in gastronomic history and swinging on the branches of the Richelieu family tree so in a return to the here and now, I present the next installment of the Friday Food News Peruse
Bon appetit (the magazine and web site of the same name) was [...]

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Presenting our new feature: Friday Food News Peruse (previously known as Tidbits)
With all that is wrong with the world and the increasing evidence that slackers abound everywhere, it’s nice to see at least one beacon of over-achievement (and dare I say, ruthless competitiveness). Following a link from Slashfood, we find the tale of 15 [...]

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