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Özlem Warren's 'Sebze'- a new Turkish vegetarian cookbook
A mini-review of an exciting new cookbook by a master of the art.
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Sumac: Recipes and stories from Syria by Anas Atassi
Another in my series of mini-reviews about the cookbooks I love the most. Tales From Topographic Kitchens is a reader-supported publication. To receive…
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March 2024

Odds and Sods
I haven't done an old fashioned round-up in a while....
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On Mothering
It’s that day again. The preceding weeks have been punctuated by emails from UK-based PRs asking if I’d like to be deleted from their Mothering Sunday…
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January 2024

Affogato- but with beer
Some notes and references
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The Best Book on Food I Read This Year
Kim Foster’s The Meth Lunches is beautiful, harsh, and unforgettable.
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Second Helpings: Delicious Dishes to Transform Your Leftovers by Sue Quinn
Posts in the Food Book Thumbnail vertical are usually paywalled, but this one is free in the hope that some of you might consider taking out a paid…
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December 2023

Vinegar
Writings on vinegar at what can be a saccharine time of year
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"Hot tamales baybeee!"
Latino food in New Orleans
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November 2023

A Gospel of Biscuits
Where I worship Erika Council and her new biscuit cookbook
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October 2023

German Baking by Jürgen Krauss and a rumination about cookery competitions.
The first thing I did when I received a copy of German Baking, a cookbook from The Great British Bake-Off’s (GBBO) Jürgen Krauss, was watch the season…
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September 2023

Cake: A Slice of British Life by Andrew Baker - a review
Cake: A Slice of British Life by Andrew Baker (Mudlark / Harper Collins published Sept 28th 2023) ‘I believe that as a nation we have lost touch with…
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