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On The Road: Cuba
Friday 04 May 2012
Had Rafael and Carmen Jiménez Fuentes lived 500 years ago right on the sands at Baracoa in eastern Cuba, Christopher Columbus may well have moved right in. When the "Great Admiral of the Ocean" sailed along the north-east coast of this Caribbean island in 1492 and Baracoa came into view, he wrote in his diary that Cuba was the most "enchantingly beautiful" land he had ever seen.
Tamasin Day-Lewis: 'It's shocking to see so many grotesquely overweight children'
Sunday 01 April 2012
People feel de-skilled by celebrity chefs and their complicated recipes, so they're not cooking things that have been done since time immemorial. You can make a pastry in five minutes with leftover scraps: eggs, cream, milk, vegetables, bacon – just throw in whatever's in the fridge.
Journey to the source: Dining out in Córdoba
Friday 16 March 2012
Córdoba makes the ideal base to get a taste for southern Spain, says Fiona Dunlop.
The way we eat now: Victorian puddings return
Sunday 05 February 2012
Hard times have led to a surge in sales of traditional desserts such as spotted dick and Bakewell tart. Genevieve Roberts reports
On The Menu: Ajo blanco; Pierre Hermé macarons; Burns Night; Kamm & Sons ginseng liquor; Twinings Tea
Friday 20 January 2012
This week I've been eating...ajo blanco
Copita, 26-27 D'Arblay Street, London W1
Sunday 11 December 2011
Perfect for courting couples, tapas bar Copita is less comfortable for everyone else
Deborah Ross: Welcome to the abusement arcade
Tuesday 21 June 2011
If you ask me... Perhaps I should just collect my "PEE FORTIE-FYVE", as advised
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