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The psychology of menus
From wine-appropriate music to authentic-sounding foreign names, restaurateurs have many ways to persuade diners into ordering high-profit mealsIt's not always easy trying to read a menu while hungry...
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Koshari: Egyptian king of foods, or over-hyped and over-carbed? | Rachel Shabi
A new restaurant, Koshari Street, has brought Egypt's much-loved street food and national dish to LondonThe food that apparently fuelled a revolution has arrived in the UK. Koshari, Egypt's much-loved...
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Mumbai's Parsi cafe culture
Mumbai's grand old Parsi cafes are a symbol of the city's diverse cuisine and culture, but on a foodie tour of the city our writer finds out they are a dying breedI eat the best creme caramel of my...
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Restaurant: East Coast Dining Room, Tankerton, Kent
'This is the kind of place where customers become regulars, then friends'The self-evidently posh US publication Elite Traveler (ooh, get you) has just awarded the title of best eating-out city in the...
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Red's True Barbecue, Leeds: restaurant review
'Dirty food' has its merits. But when it turns up on the table in a bin, you might feel like cutting out the middle man…Cloth Hall Street, Leeds (0113 834 5834) Meal for two £60It was when they put the...
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The Kitchin chef, Tom Kitchin, recommends The Ship on the ShoreMichael Tait
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Top 10 cheap places to eat in Canterbury
Tourists flock to Canterbury for its historic buildings, winding river and Chaucer associations. But how does it fare for cheap places to eat? Tony Naylor updates a previous Guardian guide to the...
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Kids' restaurant menus: does it have to be chips with everything?
Studies have shown that children who eat the same food as adults are healthier. It's time to wave goodbye to chicken nuggets and pizzasNothing is certain but death and taxes. And chicken nuggets on...
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Restaurant: Mark Greenaway, Edinburgh
'It's the sort of place that people who adore prodding and sniffing their food will love… with a polite, slightly long-winded passion'Listen to this: a green "cannelloni" tube filled with white...
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What's it like to run a restaurant with your family?
Are arguments on the menu? Five family food partnerships tell us their secretsDarina & Rachel Allen Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law at the Ballymaloe Cookery School, Co Cork; both writers,...
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What's the best meal I've ever eaten?
Was it the 42 courses at El Bulli or that freshly boiled crab in West Mersea? Or maybe it's all about the people who were thereAs a restaurant critic there's one question – other than "how do you live...
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Bruno Loubet and the way of the vegetable
The French chef's new restaurant isn't vegetarian – but it does give veg more than equal billing• Try Bruno Loubet's Grain Store recipesAnybody who has eaten Bruno Loubet's famed hare royale dish at...
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No 9 Church Street: restaurant review
To eat or not to eat… that is the question. In Shakespeare's home town, the answer is yes – but don't expect any poetry from the kitchen9 Church Street, Stratford-upon Avon (01789 425 522). Meal for...
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Chelsea flower show: a guide to edible flowers
Visitors to this year's show can pop down to a nearby restaurant and try a flower-based lunch menu. Is it just a novelty – or something worth taking seriously?As Chelsea flower show gets under way it's...
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Dishes of olive oil to be banned from restaurants? The EU's gone mad
It is independent producers who have the most to lose from this latest bizarre EU directive, so let's hope it is never enforcedThose first minutes in a restaurant, the mulling over of the menu,...
View ArticleFerran Adrià launches elBulli foundation - video
Ferran Adria the former head chef of the world famous elBulli restaurant speaks to the Guardian about the formation of the elBulli foundation and museumGiles TremlettGuy GrandjeanIrene Baqué
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El Bulli chef to launch cultural foundation
Ferran Adrià aims to create monument to high cuisine as fitting legacy for restaurant voted world's best five timesThe world's greatest chef is looking for a dog. But Ferran Adrià, the 51-year-old who...
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Europe drops plans to ban refillable olive oil jugs in restaurants
Decision by commission to ditch proposed olive oil serving rules for restaurants provokes anger … and a songbookThey provoked widespread ridicule and were a gift to those who accuse Brussels of...
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Top 10 restaurants in Portland, Oregon
As you'd expect from this off-the-wall city, Portland has a huge variety of unusual independent restaurants. Here are top tips from a local writer and food expertLe PigeonIn Portland's Lower Burnside...
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Top 10 restaurants and cafes in Seattle
The Seattle restaurant scene is burgeoning and eclectic, offering Italian, Middle Eastern and Nepalese-influenced dishes as well as US fare showcasing local ingredientsThe Walrus and the...
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