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I can proudly say that out of all the recipes I’ve cooked up, from ketchup and mustard tomato pasta to popcorn and prosciutto, this is my prized achievement. Having been inspired by Chang’s ‘Fritos Fritters’ from Orange is the New Black, I felt that pasta and junk food is the combination that no one asked […]
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Cast your mind back to the Easter vac—a bygone era before coursework or prelims revision, filled with holiday related snacks and access to a fridge stocked by my mum. Although there’s a lot to be said for my college, with its tacky-floored bar and prospectus-glossed amenities, moving back into college always leaves a kitchen sized […]
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In an attempt to create a new ongoing article template (rest in peace for now, pastappreciation), I’ve decided to recount the most amazing dish I’ve had the privilege to eat from all around the world. First stop, Japan! Here is the most incredible dish I had during my time in Echigo Yuzawa! Echigo Yuzawa is […]
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I’d heard a lot about the Alchemist before from friends and family. Most of the conversations consisted of praising the amazing view of the city from the bar, the stylish layout of the place and the unique nature of the drinks, but as someone who loves cocktails I needed to go myself. I invited two […]
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(tw: eating disorders) When I was 14, I was diagnosed with an eating disorder. My relationship with food has always been complicated to say the least, but those few years prior to coming to university were nothing short of a nightmare. I am incredibly grateful, however, that Oxford has presented me with an opportunity to […]
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Tired of traditional pub food? Looking to spice up pizza night? In most pubs, it’s easy to order the staple fish and chips, but in north east England, there exists a special delicacy called a parmo, which is best explained as a new kind of pizza that uses chicken instead of dough. Previously called the […]
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I, for one, did not grow up with peanut butter. It was jam, honey or marmalade on toast, with chocolate spread making a coveted appearance around Pancake Day. And yet in recent years, the claggy, golden, good stuff has cemented its place on UK supermarket and kitchen shelves – and our tongues to the roof […]
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It’s no secret to my family, friends and doctor that I made a pledge to myself a long time ago to avoid as many organic foods as possible. I mean, they grow from the actual ground, the ground we walk on, the fricking road! They’re a part of nature and not the beautiful green trees […]
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I don’t even like gnocchi that much. Of course as a human with taste buds and an appreciation for carbohydrates, I like gnocchi. But I think I’m limiting my own enjoyment of it with my sheer gnocchi-making incompetence. I make gnocchi so frequently that I should just be much better at it, and so haphazardly that […]
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The famous (and arguably best) moment in Ratatouille sees the singular critic, Anton Ego transported back into his childhood memories upon swallowing the first bite of ratatouille – a dish humble in origins and ingredients. One bite is enough to exceed his demand for ‘perspective,’ and the critic is overcome with intense nostalgia, flung back […]
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This one’s for you, Instant Noodles. Disclaimer – I have never been a breakfast lover. Scrambled eggs are a dime a dozen, bacon gives me the sweats, cereals just ‘there’ – I generally feel disillusioned and apathetic to both the time of breakfast (obscenely early) and breakfast foods (except maple syrup, you’re my boo). But […]
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Okay, so this idea has literally just popped into my head but I’m rolling with it. A general consensus across the world is that music is awesome and often food is too. Both can bring out feelings of joy, make me happy dance and burp a lot – they’re also my two best friends. With […]
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Chicken soup – you love it or you don’t. Either way, it is undeniable that the dish has souped its way into the hearts of people across the world, becoming a staple ‘rainy day’/’sick day’ comfort meal and an act of hostility to any kid who hates carrots (memories, shudder). Chicken soup’s broth is usually […]
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Picture this: it’s 3pm on a gloomy Wednesday afternoon. A tutorial has once again made me question a.) my aptitude at anything and b.) my entire existence. All I’ve eaten in the past few days has been anchovies and Doritos and Quavers pasta (recipe to come soon). I have this empty feeling in my stomach, […]
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A love of technology, zealous misogyny and the belief that pasta leads to pacifism: these three are just some of the more prominent traits of that strangest of early twentieth century European intellectual movements, the Futurists. Launched by the moustachioed poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, this was a philosophy of energy and dynamism – a tagline […]
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Image credit: Louis Thomas I have never been to anywhere more chaotically beautiful than Palermo, the capital of Sicily. Traffic lights seemingly offer loose guidelines of when drivers should stop, and pavements and roads merge into one for the swarms of Vespas, or Vespe, rather, buzzing around you. I thought I would hate being woken up […]
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If you like unlimited vodka and things with lard on, and of course you do, then there is only one place you should be on Saturday the 23rd of February: the main hall behind St. Giles’ Church. Why, pray tell? Because one of the best nights in the Oxford drinking calendar is to be found […]
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Image credit: Louis Thomas As the renowned Chinese poet and Tang dynasty government official Bai Juyi quipped, “the grand household snorts at syrupy wine, the exalted scholar laughs at petty poetry”. The first of this sentence was stolen from Wikipedia, the latter half from Janet Z Wang’s presentation to Bacchus, the University’s wine society (of […]
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Image credit: Louis Thomas Clad in my regalia (a Moss Bros tuxedo with a cummerbund to act as a crude gastric band), I marched from my poky little flat, in which I have been surviving on toast, Southern Comfort and leftover offal, to the Cherwell Boathouse for the twentieth anniversary dinner of Bacchus, the University’s […]
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