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Who watched
@MasterChefUK
last night? 🔪 Here's a little montage of my fave bits. Thank you for all the beautiful messages of support!
What was your favourite meal and what would you cook for my brief of 'something to nourish and restore'?
#MasterchefUK
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What a glorious day in Southend to visit and chat to the very charming
@BootstrapCook
! For an upcoming
@BBCFoodProg
'Life Through Food' episode all about Jack's life, work, fame, the internet, food snobbery & much more - we covered a lot. Also, what about this spice collection 👌
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Turkish supermarket Tooting Arena at 9am this morning. No queue, not even another person in the store. And they even have flour 🥳
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I shudder to think of the welfare, environmental and quality sacrifices that have been made to be able to sell a whole goddamn chicken for less than the price of a crap coffee
@sainsburys
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It's my Mum and Dad's 47th wedding anniversary today, when a little Mauritian girl met and married a Turkish Cypriot in London 🥰 Pics from then and now. And that wee one is me.
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First thing I've eaten today,
@jamieoliver
's sweet potato & chilli muffins with cheese & seeds 👍💪😇
#EverydaySuperFood
http://t.co/NY4oMFWCNE
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Good morning. Starting the weekend with simit, tahini, harnup pekmezi (carob molasses) 👌
If you don't know about carob molasses, you need to. Carob seed pods cooked down into molasses, no sugar added. Deep, caramely, jammy, chocolate undertones. SO good. Amazing with tahini.
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The upcyled container pond is now complete & I couldn't be more delighted with it. Shallow beach for critters with log providing access, large stone protruding for bathing birds. Plants inc. pink pygmy waterlily, purple iris, dwarf horsetail & oxygenating hornwort
#GardenersWorld
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A pic from my Spanish tutor who's back home in Sicily for Easter where the sun is shining and blood oranges are €1.50 a kilo
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I am really so thrilled to announce I am now officially part of the
@BBCFoodProg
core presenting team. Which means you'll be hearing me via the
@BBCRadio4
airwaves on a regular basis 📻 Full announcement here: 🥂(😱)
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We're doing a
@BBCFoodProg
about the great British CAFF (not cafés)!
So tell us, what's in your perfect fry-up? And are you team red sauce or brown sauce? 🍳
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Husband has just discovered that
@innocent
have stopped selling their Pomegranate & Acai smoothie and is so distraught that he is literally applying for jobs there to "go undercover and bring it back from the inside".
I have to agree, it was their best one! 😖
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Have you heard of the Staffordshire Oatcake? I hadn't! (hint, it looks like a pancake) In today's
@BBCFoodProg
I head to Stoke to meet the bakers keeping the tradition of this much-loved regional staple going strong
@BBCRadio4
15:30 or via
@BBCSounds
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My Dad just sent me a pic of these he picked from a public park in Dartford southeast London. And he says they're early stage almonds.
What? There are almond trees just growing in public in London? Do they mature to the almonds we know? And are these actually almonds?
🤯
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I'm in
@visitwales
! It's only taken me my entire life to finally visit 🙈 V excited to be checking out
@VisitSwanseaBay
,
@Mumbles
& Gower this wknd as part of
@VisitBritain
's
#EscapeTheEveryday
campaign. Plans inc. hiking
@WalesCoastPath
, great eats & sun
#ad
#VisitWalesSafely
☀️
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As a half Turkish Cypriot, today's
@BBCFoodProg
ep is one I've wanted to make for some time. Halloumi / hellim, the story of the island of Cyprus and its cheese. It even features my Dad ❤️
Today at 1230
@BBCRadio4
&
@BBCSounds
Thank you
@Clare_Amy
!
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(8 months on the road) INDIA | Week 2: Bangalore → Mysore → Wayanad 🇮🇳 The south = my fave part of India 💛🇮🇳
#IncredibleIndia
@IncredibleIndia
#ttot
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@Smartie1B
@BBCFoodProg
@meemalee
@theMSGpod
@foodgov
@UniofReading
@umamiPhD
@ChinatownLondon
Yes glutamates are naturally occuring in many foods such as tomatoes, mushrooms, Parmesan. Let us know what you think of the episode Martin!
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I still can't really believe this is happening.
@MasterChefUK
: Battle of the Critics, THUR 28 DEC BBC1 8PM
@WilliamSitwell
@Jimfam
@gracedent
@jayrayner1
& I cook against eachother for the first time in MC history, one of us is crowned champion 👑
Excellent TV incoming, enjoy!
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A little bit of news - there is a new
@MasterChefUK
critic in town 👋 Tune into
@BBCOne
at 8pm tomo night (Fri 11th Nov) for my
#MasterChefTheProfessionals
debut *gulp* 📺 Bit more here:
TY
@gracedent
@WilliamSitwell
for making my first day so dreamy
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It's not often I'm in North London and so I made the most of it after today's bake sale with a tasty 3-stop tour around Green Lanes: Turkish tantuni (mince lamb wrap, bread soaked in meat juices), mercimek çorbasi (lentil soup) and gözleme. Great eating.
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And an expertly cooked 🐙 tentacle with XO sauce, rice and chives
@jamieoliver
@JamiesFifteen
#lovelondon
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Buenos días Colombia! 🇨🇴 My gosh it is good to be back (a small miracle with all the UK chaos). I'll be here for ~6wks in Cartagena & Medellin. Looking forward to the warmth, food, people, music and nature - I'll be sharing on Insta. My roof terrace in Cartagena & ydays sunset
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RECIPE |
@jamieoliver
's seriously awesome granola dust recipe - still what I have every morning, all year! The best winter morning warmer 🔥🔥😋
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@jamieoliver
What a treat to be cooked for by
@jamieoliver
&
@gennarocontaldo
last night & listen to the love & emotion that's gone into making
#JamieCooksItaly
. Cannot wait for the show - 13th August 8.30pm
@Channel4
. Keep the traditions of Italian nonnas alive & be sure to tune in! 🇮🇹
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Today on the organic farm in central Portugal, Paolo & I picked oranges. We all ate one after a lunch of fish & potatoes, thick skins you need to score with a knife & sweet, juicy flesh. This year’s flowers are already open and the orange blossom fragrance is quite something 🍊
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I am back in Lisbon where it's 28C, everyone is extremely friendly and a really very good Nepalese meal that fed 6 of us full to bursting, plus a bottle of vinho verde alvarinho, cost just €75 - in total. For this and many other reasons, Lisbon is one of my favorite ever cities.
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Today's breakfast looked something like this 😏🇹🇷 No one does breakfast like the Turks do breakfast - discuss 👏😍
@Turkey_Home
#ttot
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It is astounding to me that not all children from low income families receive free school meals. Qualification only if annual household earning is less than £7400 (not inc bens) - this is the most restrictive eligibility threshold of all the UK
@Food_Foundation
#FeedTheFuture
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Hiking scenes from Three Cliffs Bay yesterday afternoon📍 Gower Peninsula, Wales 🏴
@visitwales
@VisitBritain
@VisitSwanseaBay
@WalesCoastPath
@WalesCoast
#EscapeTheEveryday
#VisitWalesSafely
#VisitWales
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Why does society insist on putting fruit in cheese at this time of year? They are never ever good.
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Finally made it. A trip that was booked in 2019, it feels a long time coming. Buenos días Buenos Aires, where I'll be for the next 6 weeks, the last half solo. I plan to take it slow and relish discovering a new city again. And maybe a tango lesson or two. Apartment in Palermo 🇦🇷
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A seemingly inevitable next step on my fermentation journey - I'm going to try my hand at making country wine. All the gear and some idea, thanks to
@sandorkraut
excellent book. One carboy for elderberry and blackberry wine, the other for rosehip wine. Excited.
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I am somewhat overwhelmed by all the very lovely and supportive messages about cooking on this
@MasterChefUK
Christmas special on Thursday. THANK YOU ✨
If you haven't yet seen it, you must! You can catch-up in
@BBCiPlayer
here:
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Haven't quite made it to Sicily yet? Get yourself to the rustic & beautiful city of Catania. Here are 10 awesome places to eat & things to do there 🇮🇹🍋🌋 Inc. the best gelato I've ever had. Ever. 🍦
@Italia
@VisitSicilyOP
@sicilyguide
#ttot
#ilikeitaly
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Made my first sourdough focaccia. The dough was so wet I was convinced it would be a disaster half way through last night. I was wrong. Lunch gonna be good.
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DYK to remove stubborn label glue from glass: mix a paste of (any) oil + bicarbonate of soda, spread over the glue, leave for 20 mins, wipe off, wash under hot water with a scouer. I find it the most effective method. This whole bottle was covered in glue, not a scrap left.
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Chuffed
@robbiejourno
& I are making
@BBCFoodProg
ep exploring the importance of food in building community, shaping identity & providing culturally appropriate spaces for refugees & asylum seekers in Glasgow. Today I reflected on my own heritage as the daughter of a war refugee
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I would like to state that learning how to make sourdough was on my list of 2020 goals, decided back in December. Way before lockdown 🥳 Anyway, here are my first ever loaves. Plenty of room for improvement but really pleased with my first go. Tastes 👌
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After listening to the excellent
@BBCFoodProg
beans episodes I was inspired to finally take a look at the
@Hodmedods
website and had a wee splurge - what took me so long! This is so my kind of retail therapy - many beautiful British food stuffs. I'm particularly excited about:
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Hosted a beaut eve with
@ChefTomKerridge
&
@AngelaHartnett
to launch the 🌟150🌟 dishes that will feature across
@Pubinthepark_
locations this summer! We tried 9 from
@HandAndFlowers
@Cafe_Murano
@HoppersLondon
@cuepointldn
@chefatulkochhar
& more, plus a DJ set by
@OfficialHuey
!
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Vineyards and a glass of Malbec with the backdrop of The Andes on a clear day. Greetings from the Uco Valley in Mendoza, Argentina 🇦🇷
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I got goosebumps several times last night and learning about the incredible work
@AkshayaPatra
do was one of those times.
Absolutely incredible winner of the Global Food Champion
@bbcworldservice
award at the
#BBCFoodAwards
: the
@AkshayaPatra
project in India, feeding more than 1.6 million school children every day.
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A good gardening thing anyone can do, no outside space required. These mint stems from a Sainsburys pack of mint. Stripped lower leaves, put in water, 2 weeks later they have roots. Pot each into soil. Keep on sunny windowsill or outside. 5 free mint plants thanks very much
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I had never tried cooking with MSG prior to making this episode. Last night I made a noodle soup that was just missing something. It didn't need more salt, it needed more umami. Added a sprinkle of MSG, nailed it. New fave condiment. Tune into
@BBCFoodProg
today at 12:30 on BBCR4
After decades of stigma, more and more people are getting interested in the food additive monosodium glutamate. This Sunday 1230
@LeyLaLaa
looks at the history, science, politics and taste of MSG
@meemalee
@theMSGpod
@foodgov
@UniofReading
@umamiPhD
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Cook something from
@jamieoliver
#EverydaySuperFood
, take pic, upload to social media = chance to win signed copy!
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Our favourite cookbooks of the year - on now!
@BBCFoodProg
@BBCRadio4
@SheilaDillon
@DanSaladinoUK
@jaegawise
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How is this the first time I've tried a loquat..? Called nêspera in Portuguese, eaten straight off a tree on my host’s farm. Flavour btwn orange / peach, glorious. Grows all over the Med. Beaut smooth & shiny seeds too, like polished wood - people make jewellery out of them.
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Parents going through old photos during lockdown. This one I haven't seen before, about 20/21yo. Turkish Cypriot boy meets Mauritian girl in London. Get married in secret in a Bloomsbury registry office a couple of years later, pulling in two witnesses off the street. Ahhhh 💙
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[new post] Tried out
@jamieoliver
falafel recipe - it's a good'un
http://t.co/HsGD5wG7nj
With salsa & little oil YUM
http://t.co/BFB8XoZWDN
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My raspberries are almost ready for picking. Last year I harvested a whopping 2.7kg from just a few canes in a shady corner of my very small urban garden. I created a little video ode to my fave berry and 10 reasons why they are so great to grow:
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[New blog post] NORTHERN IRELAND: A guide to eating and drinking in and around Belfast
#ttot
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Great arvo of cliff-top walking, Bondi to Bronte beach. Sydney coastline is a bit of a looker 😍🌊🏄
#SydneyTogether
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As part of our upcoming
@BBCFoodProg
about cafes, today
@SlamGrist
& I met up with my Dad who owned two cafes for over 21 years. We went to the one in Woolwich (it's still there) where I worked on Saturdays from the age of 13 and which still has our surname 'Kaz' above the door!
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Despite millions of
@BBCFoodProg
listeners being v familiar with
@SheilaDillon
's voice, I’m not sure many of us know about the Sheila beyond the radio & food. I was determined to find out and I'm so delighted she said yes to being interviewed for A Day Well Spent. Link in bio.
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Quite thrilled to finally be able to announce that alongside
@adamliaw
&
@lonelyplanet
's food editors, I helped create the 500 strong list in their BRILL new book:
#UltimateEatlist
, the world's top 500 food experiences! 😘 Been sitting on that for about a year 😅
@lonelyplanetUK
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And then advertising for a range of supplements plastered all over the New York subway, with the tag line 'Food Is Not Enough'.
It literally is enough, if it's not all ultra processed. Good food is everything.
Thought of you
@timspector
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An impromptu lunch
@Darjeelingldn
is always a good idea. Baadami Baingan, aubergine with coconut, almond, peanut, tamarind 👌
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Greetings from Finnish Lapland where it's easy to not realise just how deep the snow is... 🙂
@InghamsSki
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It has arrived - the first ever official
@BBCFoodProg
book 🎉 My colleagues have been creating wonderful reads inc.
@DanSaladinoUK
and a home brewing book by
@jaegawise
coming soon. Can't wait to get stuck into this one
@SheilaDillon
@axrenton
- bravo!
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A benefit of living 5 tram stops from Wimbledon is I can easily pop in for the cheaper post 5pm tickets - currently on Centre Court watching the doubles final. Great match! 🎾
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The black sands at our local Kahaluu Beach. Gotta love volcanic landscapes 🌋
#LetHawaiiHappen
http://t.co/wnCyXb6ZcH
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I discovered York for the first time last month... what a city. It has it all: easy access, superb food, incredible history, a thriving indie scene & much more. Here are some things to do during a first visit
AD
@VisitEngland
@VisitYork
#EscapeTheEveryday
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TURKEY | 10 things you simply must eat in Istanbul 🇹🇷🍋🍅🍆 In my top three favourite cities in the world 🙏
@GoToTurkeyUK
@Turkey_Home
#ttot
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We
@BBCFoodProg
are making an ep about New Year's Eve food traditions from different countries! Inc. grapes in Spain, lentils in Italy, buckwheat soba noodles in Japan, kransekake in Denmark & Norway! Tune in 31st December. Do you celebrate NYE with any national food traditions?
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I would like to take a moment to rejoice in the first and quite possibly the last actually fully ripe fig my fig tree has bestowed upon me in the 8 or so years I've had it. What treasure.
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The first
@BBCFoodProg
Food and Farming Awards judging meeting! We leave the drinks tasting until last for good reason 🍷Fab day discovering the great and the good in the world of food and farming, as always
#bbcfoodawards
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In this wk's ep of
@BBCFoodProg
, I get lunch cooked for me by...
@GaryLineker
! DYK, Gary can really cook? And DYAK, he learnt how to just 9 yrs ago? This is a fab ep full of food memories from Gary's pro career, exceedingly tasty prawns & lots more 🎧
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My first ever TV presenting gig - I am so very excited to be a part of this new show coming soon to
@BBCTwo
- I shall share more soon... 📺
We are pleased to announce that Coast to Coast Food Festival premiers on
@BBCTwo
on 13th March at 6.30pm. The series is a true feast for the senses exploring fab food from across the UK including films from England hosted by the wonderful
@brionymaybakes
&
@leylakazim
. Yum,Yum.
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There's an ace ep of
@BBCRadio4
@BBCFoodProg
coming up, recorded today about what it's like to be part of - & then win - huge TV food competition shows. I got to chat with lovely
#GBBO
2019 winner
@nomadbakerdavid
- he made me some really good avo, spinach & sweet pot muffins 😏
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I wrote a piece in today's
@guardian
about a memorable meal I've had somewhere in the world that I recreated at home to bring back happy memories: vada pavs in Mumbai. Memories plus recipe: Thank you
@AndyPietra
🇮🇳
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I've just cooked with MSG in my kitchen for the first time ahead of my interview with
@theMSGpod
tomorrow morning for an upcoming
@BBCFoodProg
ep about MSG. On their advice my first go was with scrambled eggs. They could possibly be the best scrambled eggs I've ever made...
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About last night! 🍸 *Such* a beaut evening at the 20th
@BBCFoodProg
Food & Farming Awards & an honour to judge & present 'Best Shop or Market' to
@FoodCircleYork
, v tough decision but well deserved! Huge congrats again to shortlisters
@CoopFalmouth
& Blue Tin!
#BBCFoodAwards
🥰
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Enticed my fellow
@BBCFoodProg
presenters (
@SheilaDillon
@DanSaladinoUK
@jaegawise
) south of the river last wk with the promise of great West African food
@chishuru
in
@_brixtonmarket
and it did not disappoint. Thank you Joké & team for a wonderful evening & excellent eating 🌟
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I am out and about wearing a dress that I really like but it has no pockets and honestly how is one expected to function at a reasonable level.
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What an afternoon. It was my honour to host
@Food_Foundation
's
#FeedTheFuture
event at Westminster today, calling for an immediate extension of
#FreeSchoolMeals
to *all* children living in poverty.
Highlight: young ppl's impassioned spoken word performance.
No YOU were crying.
How did a room of full of MPs, academics, teachers, and business people react when they heard youth campaigners explaining why
#FreeSchoolMeals
are so important to them?
#FeedtheFutureUK
@Laura_Sandys
@BiteBack2030
@EndChildPoverty
🔗Join our campaign:
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If you are in need of some escapism, I chat to
@BegumNadiya
on today's episode of
@BBCFoodProg
on
@BBCRadio4
at 12:30 about her life and career through food. It was really such a lovely interview. Hope it brings some joy today 🍰
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I spent the last 15 mins sitting in the sun doing the Big
#ButterflyCount
and counted 5. Help
@SaveButterflies
& join in
#ButterflyCount
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Tune into
@BBCRadio4
now (12:32) to listen to this - it was a pleasure getting to chat to lovely
@BootstrapCook
. With wonderful contributions from
@XantheClay
@Nigella_Lawson
and
@TrussellTrust
too
“I grew up with this deep rooted sense of, if you’ve got a voice, use it. And if you can do something about something, you do it”
Today at 12.30pm on
@BBCRadio4
@BootstrapCook
Jack Monroe shares a Life Through Food with
@leylakazim
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Making the most of living near Tooting and the excuse to go off piste this year. Fab South Indian Christmas dinner spread delivery. And no one had to cook! Tidings one and all 🎄
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Tomorrow I'm off to Barcelona for 5 weeks on my own. For some much needed down and me time, intensive 1-to-1 Spanish lessons, & to properly immerse myself in a city I haven't been to before. I'm permitting the husband to visit for one weekend 😅 Excited.
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How it started, how it's going. Pakistani feasting in Whitechapel E1. £40.90 for this lot, fed 4 👌
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Everyone has a country that the whole world seems to have been to except them. Mine was Greece. But for the first time ever, I'm here. Specifically Crete and it's great to be here.
(what's everyone elses country equivalent?)
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The excitement is palpable! We
@BBCFoodProg
are at the beaut
@Museum_Cardiff
rehearsing for tonight, the biggest night in food & farming of the year - the
#bbcfoodawards
!
@HughFW
& I presenting the award for Best Shop or Market. The stage is set - good luck to all finalists! 🍾
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Hey Twitter friends. Do we know of any companies that hire out chefs - or chefs themselves - that go to a location and cook for a group of ppl in the kitchen provided. Looking for someone to cook dinner for 18 people in a country house in March, London surroundings. Please RT TY
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Enjoying
@jamieoliver
's new book Veg. Eating meat just a couple of times a week these days, so good timing. Made the hasselback al forno last night with lentils. Tastyyyyyy.
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