When I was thinking about the French national dish, I immediately thought coq-au-vin. Typically French. Then I thought, 'are frogs legs actually a thing?' or just some racist trope we fall back on? Yes, it is to an extent, but they do eat them, or did eat them, and unsurprisingly they crop up in the …
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Front Gardens and Poverty
A lot of people in my neighbourhood make a big deal of their front gardens, which is really nice, because you’re essentially doing it for other people’s pleasure of seeing your nice garden. People rarely sit and admire their front gardens, least of all sit in them for pleasure. However, I’ve seen it happen a …
Scones
In lockdown I found myself with a lot time on my hands and a lot of things I hadn’t baked for ages. So I thought I’d try my hand at scones. I used a really basic recipe the first time round, but what was great thing about it, the versatility of it. You could add …
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