Kate and William are said to have scoffed Zizzi pizzas after the birth of Prince George but the rest of the country gobbled Domino’s.

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Orecchiette with sprouting broccoli s a nice, summery pasta lunch from Puglia

Orecchiette with sprouting broccoli

Serves 4

Hazel Hammersley, a young cancer patient with stage 3 neuroblastoma, with one of her many pizzas

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Such was the influx of pizzas from well-meaning Reddit users that children's hospital was forced to post a message on its website

Acciuga, 343 Kensington High Street, London W8

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Torn pasta, green beans and pesto

Torn pasta, green beans and pesto

Serves 4

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Big Brother is watching the doctors and nurses at the North Shore University Hospital in Long Island – and he wants them to wash their hands.

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Mozzarella and More, 257 King's Road, Chelsea, London

How Italian do you like your Italian restaurant? Do you enjoy the full theatricals of gesticulating padrone, chequered napery and yard-long pepper grinder? Would you prefer the Milanese chic of L'Anima? How about the small-plates-of-something-from-Liguria connoisseurship of Bocca di Lupo?

Antonio Carluccio's Sardinian bread lasagne

Ingredients to serve 8

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Pizza with taleggio

Makes 2 pizzas, serving 4-6

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Hugh Montgomery profiles the faces to watch, from the sitcom star to the surrealist
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