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Why does everywhere smell like green tea?
If the look of the non-place is the generic hipster coffee shop, then its smell is undoubtedly green tea.
Oct 20
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Elly McCausland
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May 2023
On taking the pulse of a food culture
The way in which food irrigates a nation, seeps into its very fabric and floods the veins of its people is subtle.
May 16, 2023
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Elly McCausland
February 2023
On the meals that never were
I like to imagine an ephemeral archive of food stories that should have been, could have been, but never were
Feb 3, 2023
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Elly McCausland
October 2022
On feminism and fermentation
There are infinite ways to mother, though most of them go unrecognised.
Oct 6, 2022
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Elly McCausland
August 2022
On happiness being, in fact, a potato
It bides its time, awaiting the moment it can start to send tentative tendrils up into the sunshine.
Aug 17, 2022
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Elly McCausland
November 2021
On wasting food, and why banana bread is (probably) not the answer
We are still wasting food, by the truckload. Might it not be time to start looking more closely at why?
Nov 9, 2021
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Elly McCausland
September 2021
Redcurrant, pecan and cinnamon scones
A few weeks ago, my neighbourhood exploded in crimson.
Sep 5, 2021
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Elly McCausland
July 2021
Norwegian(ish) blackcurrant custard buns
It is a myth universally peddled that Scandinavia has excellent baked goods.
Jul 14, 2021
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Elly McCausland
May 2021
On a friendship without food
When your adult life has been defined by a passionate relationship with food in all its guises, a real sense of impotence strikes when your close friend…
May 25, 2021
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Elly McCausland
March 2021
On missing breakfast in a pandemic
Morning hunger will take you on journeys – both literal and metaphorical – of unimaginable delight.
Mar 11, 2021
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Elly McCausland
January 2021
On seasonality, stockpiling, and Seville oranges
Feast with heady abandon on that rare thing, a truly seasonal ingredient.
Jan 19, 2021
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Elly McCausland
When food stops being fun
I am a slave to Larder Zero, to the Norwegian supermarket monopolies.
Jan 5, 2021
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Elly McCausland
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