Day and Night - A Chinese Kitchen Window

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Food Stories from China

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A Cantonese Wedding Banquet: The Year of the Tiger is not considered auspicious for marriage, so in the last days of the Year of the Ox there was a rush of weddings. Lily and Wan Li held their wedding banquet in Guangzhou on 31st January - a magnificent event with a 13 course meal. The dishes are almost always the same and there are hidden, lucky meanings in most of them.
Gulangyu Sessame Cake

Gulangyu Sesame Cakes: The Ye family sesame cakes are a speciality of Gulangyu.

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Tieguanyin Tea: Liu Shunli's teashop in Xiamen making tea for tasting not drinking.
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Breakfast Lady: Every morning throughout Xiamen, you find barrows selling breakfast.

 Beijing Snacks

Beijing Snacks: The Chinese are great 'snackers'. Evening street markets offer a huge range of foods.
Xian Jiaozi

Xian Jiaozi: Not only famous for its history, but also for its dumplings.

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Oodles of Noodles: Handmade noodles are found on every street corner in China.

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A Landlady’s Diary - Part 4

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Katya, a size 0 from Moscow, is the subject of Yasmin Gilanni's observations in the latest episode of

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Earlier entries featuring Henry, a carnivore from Colombia and Yozo, a football fanatic from Japan can be found in READ

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The Happiest Days of Your Life

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The magisterial Margaret Rutherford quizzing a hapless Alastair Sim about digestive biscuits.

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Life on the Ocean Wave

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Ever wondered how over 5,000 people are fed at sea?

Chef Henrique Sparrow on "Navigator Of The Seas" tells us how 230 galley staff produce 106 tons of food every 4 days.

The detail and military precision of feeding such numbers is fascinating...


 

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Soho Landmarks - Pizza Express

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Peter Boizot, MBE, is a Soho legend.  In 1965 he introduced the pizza to Londoners when he imported an Italian oven into the first ever Pizza Express in Wardour Street.  The popularity of the jazz club below his Dean Street pizzeria lead to the founding of the Soho Jazz Festival.  He fought the very successful Save Piccadilly campaign, was a founder member of the Soho Society and the Soho Restaurateurs Association and supported in no small measure Soho Housing Association.

We interviewed him about those pioneering days at his home in Peterborough.

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Featuring EGGS in Movies...

The  French director Claude Chabrol takes his food very seriously. Even the humble fried egg must be cooked perfectly in "Inspector Lavardin".
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Audrey Hepburn learns how to crack an egg in a scene from Billy Wilder's frothy comedy "Sabrina".
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Alfred Hitchcock's wicked sense of humour is at work again in"To Catch a Thief".
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... and other places

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The Perfect Egg by Aldo Buzzi is an excursion into the food that has obsessed, provoked and intrigued the author through his life. Rupert Baker reads an extract, admittedly on the subject of overcooked spaghetti, here. "Go to work on an egg",  the 1957  advertising campaign featuring Tony Hancock.  The eight ads were banned from being shown again for the 50th anniversary in 2007 as 'they did not suggest a varied diet'. Enjoy them here.