Observer Food Monthly
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Marsala onion soup, baked tomatoes, upside-down fig tarts – comforting recipes for not-quite-spring
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Rachel Cooke on foodI eagerly await the English asparagus season, from tender start to woody finishUntil the 17th century, the vegetable was thought of as an ‘unimproved oddity’. But I could eat it morning, noon and night
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History is littered with food fads, from pineapples to ‘poultry mania’ – and now, anything involving croissant dough
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Cleverly using just one size of cake tin for all her recipes, the baker and author has come up with a stunning array of beautiful cakes. Here, we pick five of our favourites from her new cookbook
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Tom Kerridge’s Easter menu and lunch in the Lake District with Helen Rebanks, bestselling author of The Farmer’s Wife
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The chef explains why cooks are like musicians and presents a special Easter menu with a lamb centrepiece and an indulgent dessert
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The Sportsman, Melton’s and Prashad have thrived for two decades or longer. We meet the teams behind these evergreen favourites
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Lunch with...Helen Rebanks: ‘Everyone in farming families knows how important the farmer’s wife is’The author, artist and farmer’s wife tells how marmalade helped her find her literary voice – and why we can’t ignore the costs of processed foods
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