Today, as we all know, is National Yorkshire Pudding Day in America. It’s a time for families to get together, look back on the last 12 months with fondness, exchange presents, and prepare for the year ahead. October 13 is set aside in the calendar, with many people taking time out from their busy lives […]
Before we really get stuck in, it might help to have a brief look at the language around sausages in Britain, and how they’ve been used in certain recipes. For example, the term bangers—when used to describe sausages and not albums by Miley Cyrus—came from the habit certain cheaper sausages had of exploding in the […]
Language is fiddly, particularly around food. One man’s eggplant is another man’s aubergine, and that same man’s courgette is the first man’s zucchini, even if both men are using their vegetables to make a dish that they freely agree is called ratatouille. It’s even more confusing to try to work out which food is which […]
Thinking of hosting some kind of summer garden party? Fancy having a go at Britishing up your cocktail list? Even if the answer to both of these questions is no, we still have a list of delicious beverages all dressed up and ready to go, a list that will possibly make your party go with […]
Earlier this week, Karen Gillan was tweeting about her excitement that she was returning to her native Scotland, and as someone that has spent a lot of time away from home, it’s the little things that you can’t get elsewhere that tug at the heartstrings. In her case, this meant going to a fish ‘n’ […]
Never let it be said that Brits aren’t serious about their sandwiches. Oh yes, we Brits (well, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich) invented the sandwich and take enormous pride in our skills. Just ask the Daily Mail editors who, when posing the question “Is there no one left in Britain who can make a […]
For all that the great British fry-up is the king of all breakfasts (shut up, granola; back away, scrambled eggs; don’t test us, waffles, you will lose), it was not the only choice available to peckish Brits down the years. Not while there were kidneys to devil and kippers to smoke, at any rate. Mind […]
If you’re not gastronomically adventurous, the idea of sticking your face in a pie or pudding of unknown providence may be a little daunting at first, especially if they are not a fondly-remembered part of your childhood cuisine. But there are untold delights to be found in the British kitchen, some hot and sloppy, some […]
If you’re an expat desperate for the taste of MacClean’s Traditional Toothpaste or an Anglophile with regular cravings for Cadbury chocolate (you know, the real stuff), look no further—we’ve found ten foolproof places for U.K. treats and supplies: 1. Myers of Keswick Located in the “Little Britain” of NYC—a tiny oasis located on 634 Hudson St. […]
Before we start, we should mention the scale of the undertaking. There are over 700 different cheeses made in the U.K. which is a lot of ground to cover. And the recipes vary from ancient and traditional to brand new and unorthodox. You’ve seen the Monty Python Cheese Shop sketch? Talking about British cheese is […]
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