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Short bits that don't fit a recipe page: tool I love, pantry staple I keep buying, idea I'm chewing on. Written when there's something to say.
Tinned fish: the cheapest meal you've been ignoring
Tinned fish has been having a renaissance, which is what we call it when something the working class has been eating for a hundred and fifty years suddenly gets a magazine...
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Olive oil 101: when to spend, when to save, when to just grab what's on sale
The olive oil aisle is one of the great con jobs of modern shopping. There are bottles for €4 and bottles for €40, both labelled "extra virgin," both promising the same things in...
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Pasta shapes, ranked by laziness
There are over three hundred recognised pasta shapes in Italy, and twelve hundred regional names for them, and seven hundred years of arguments about which shape is correct for...
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