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  • Globe artichoke

    What is it? It’s the bud of a large member of the thistle family. The heart and the tender ends of the leaves are edible. (The Jerusalem artichoke is unrelated.) What to do with it Watch the video above for an excellent tutorial about cooking and eating an artichoke. If you’re looking for a recipe see…

  • Coq au vin

    Coq au vin is a French dish of chicken braised with red wine, lardons, mushrooms, and garlic. Legend has it that Julius Caesar’s cook created the first coq au vin recipe after the Gauls gave Caesar a tough old cockerel as tribute for his conquering them. Caesar’s cook made the bird into a delicious meal…

  • Foie gras

    Foie gras (French: ‘fatty liver’) is a luxury food that seriously divides opinions. It’s hard to think of any more controversial dish that you can eat without breaking the law (but we’ll come back to that below). Gourmets prize it as the last word in richness and subtlety of flavour. Animal rights activists condemn the…

  • Baklava

    What is it? Originally from Turkey, baklava is a rich, sticky, sweet pastry made from layers of filo pastry, filled with chopped nuts, and sweetened and held together with syrup or honey. It’s best to score the pastry prior to baking, as it will be very difficult to cut neatly after it’s been baked. Recipe…