Today, chefs – and some women chefs too – are listened to, admired and respected. But it wasn’t always that way.
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Charles’s culinary choices might be intended to recognise the multiculturalism of Britain today. But they are also a reminder of the difficult legacy of empire.
Coronation Quiche may be fit for a king. But with a few tweaks, can be made to suit your budget. Hint: store-bought pastry is cheaper.
‘Local, organic, sustainable’ are common buzzwords on US restaurant menus now, but it wasn’t always that way. Alice Waters and her restaurant, Chez Panisse, helped put them there.
The pandemic changed people’s dining-out experience, with takeout becoming more common. But since dining out became fashionable in the 18th century, how and where people go to eat has been evolving.
Britain’s food relationship with Europe goes back centuries – is it unlikely to end post=Brexit.
Canada recently slapped a tariff on US exports of the tomato-based condiment, and the EU plans to do the same, perhaps on the notion that it’s distinctly American. In fact, ketchup’s origins are global, as are its fans.
McDonald’s recently announced it will make its Happy Meal, which accounts of about 15 percent of all sales, healthier. Will it make kids healthier? That’s unclear, but it could lower parents’ guilt.
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Reader in Modern European History, Leeds Beckett University
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Essex
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Professor of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut
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Enseignante-chercheuse, GEM
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Accredited Practising Dietitian and Lecturer, Southern Cross University
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor, Department of Global Studies; Director of Food Studies, University of Oregon
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Chester D. Tripp Professor of History, Yale University
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Professor of History, University of the Pacific