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Oct 30
Coleslaw - not what it used to be
"Like many other culinary words – carpaccio, confit, trifle – its meaning has broadened, and now cabbage may not even be present at all."...
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Oct 22
Canada - " it's not just about the poutine"
"Okay, quite a lot of it's about the poutine" Hostelworld Indeed it is - it appears at the top of most top ten lists, but I have...
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Sep 17
More mayo - this time with pineapple
"a pineapple sandwich is one of those foods that it seems only Southerners love and appreciate." Southern Living This one began with a...
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Sep 5
When love goes wrong, travel and start a blog
"The story is about how a professional eater met a professional chef and now we share stories, recipes and video on our site." Ayngelina...
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Aug 29
Blending cultures/culture wars in New York
"Chopped cheese isn't a Philly cheesesteak nor is it similar. This is New York, not Philly, bro!" Romel Bruno/Serious Eats This is a...
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Aug 11
Who was Betty and was she brown?
Or was she a blondie? Or even a teapot? Sometimes I worry that my brain is not connecting all its bits and pieces properly and today's...
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Jul 18
Spaghetti pie, cake, slice ...
"simple, luxurious, yet slightly trashy" Jamie Oliver I didn't get to finish this post yesterday because I spent too much time in the...
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Jun 29
75 years ago - the food view from here
"We're Keele and we're different. Founded 75 years ago to meet the demands of a new kind of society, economy and world, our principles...
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Jun 8
Cobblers - anything goes comfort food
"The whole point of cobbler is that it's easy" Daniel Gritzer/Serious Eats It's a miserable kind of day - the sort of day when your...
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May 29
Poutine - trendy junk food
"when seen for the first time, poutine looks like a culinary catastrophe." Rebecca Nicholson/The Guardian Indeed it does, but then...
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May 12
The pickles in my fridge
"sour, tart, punchy, pungent and slightly out there." Tara Wigley/OTK Yesterday I threw out half a tin of red kidney bins - I had put...
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May 10
Knish - Jewish pasties
"It’s heavy, redundant, and resolutely mild — not remotely designed to ignite your taste buds in any way — but, at its best, it’s also...
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Mar 24
Noodle burgers
"It's a food born in America that happens to combine two different cultures and makes them exist as one. The perfect symbol of America." ...
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Jan 2
When the egg meets flour - a skill
"It is in Emilia (half of the now united Emilia-Romagna region) where the everyday act of hand rolling has been elevated into an everyday...
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Oct 22, 2023
Chowder
"A velvety mélange of fresh clams, sweet cream and even fresher corn off the cob, it is definitely more than a mere pottage. It is...
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Aug 31, 2023
The Country captain dispute(s)
"I have yet to find two explanations for the name of this dish that agree!" Madhur Jaffrey Or two recipes that more or less align come...
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Jul 6, 2023
Meatloaf - or terrine - or... ?
"meatloaf is just the American name for a very old idea, a way of stretching those expensive scraps of meat a little further by binding...
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Jun 5, 2023
Hodgepodge
"Hodgepodge: a jumble, a heterogenous mixture" Merriam-Webster Dictionary "a confused mixture, a hotchpotch" Oxford Languages...
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May 30, 2023
Cornbread - I'm confused
"Everyone at least agrees that the best cornbread is made at home" Felicity Cloake "all cornbread is authentic, as long as it's good,...
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May 23, 2023
Italian/American cuisine
"Perhaps the best way to think about the differences between Italian American and authentic Italian is, in the same way, you would...
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