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Your culinary agony uncle: Episode III
A neglected segment in June, but promptly to it in July
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Benjamin Benton

June 2023

Boozy chocolate sorbet and other icey pleasures
There is little better, In this scorching British weather, Than a scoop of something icey in your mouth. I mean, surely, right? The thing is, something…
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Benjamin Benton
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Picnic perfection?
Or just nice cold food that is lovely to eat in the heat
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Benjamin Benton
Joy, actually!
Richard Curtis eat your heart out
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Benjamin Benton
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A Spring/Summer Ragoût de Légumes
It's lovely right now, let's not forget that
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Benjamin Benton

May 2023

Your culinary agony uncle
It's time for May's installment
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Benjamin Benton
A tart with a heart but no history
Growing up and going to school in Kent in the ‘90s, every Wednesday lunch finished with a slice of a saccharine slice of joy they called Gypsy Tart, a…
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Benjamin Benton
Inflation
Or a fun tool from the Office for National Statistics that lets you see how shafted you've been in the last year. Spoiler alert - the diligent home cook…
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Benjamin Benton

April 2023

What do a 1940s home cook, a 2020s restaurant chef and a modern day home cook all have in common?
A dwindling budget and scarce resources...Not the most buzzy punchline?
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Benjamin Benton
Your culinary Agony Uncle
The first in a new monthly series where I try and help with seemingly mundane cookery conundrums
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Benjamin Benton
Nihilism, the freezer aisle, cuttlefish and peas
“Everybody knows deep down that life is as much about the things that do not happen as the things that do, and that’s not something that ought to be…
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Benjamin Benton
An Education
Unconventional or not, we all have to start somewhere.
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Benjamin Benton
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