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The intermediate life of spirits

Courttia Newland explores the events and his feelings surrounding the death of his mother-in-law, Tara Chauhan.

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The family food of a kebab van man

Melek Erdal celebrates the physical and mental resilience of her father Yusuf, forged by isolation and dislocation, and reinforced by the distinctive cuisine of his home country, Turkey.

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姜、蒜、葱 Ginger, garlic and spring onions

Nina Mingya Powles felt adrift in the UK, living thousands of miles from home. But nurturing familiar tastes and smells in her tiny balcony garden helped her roots begin to grow.

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A nose through Blythe House

Recently sold and emptied out, Blythe House was once one of the UK’s biggest museum storage facilities. Here, museum worker Laura Humphreys reflects on her relationship with the store’s architecture, objects and aromas.

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  • A parson guilty of long tedious sermons has fallen asleep as a veteran relates at length the tactics used at the battle of Dettingen: both ignore a woman who brings them a dish of cooked chicken. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1784.
  • "Redi-Cut" chicken recipes and suggestions / Susan Shaw.
  • "Redi-Cut" chicken recipes and suggestions / Susan Shaw.
  • "Redi-Cut" chicken recipes and suggestions / Susan Shaw.
  • "Redi-Cut" chicken recipes and suggestions / Susan Shaw.
  • Schwartz grill & sizzle for chargrilled chicken kebabs / [McCormick (UK) Ltd.].
  • Schwartz grill & sizzle for chargrilled chicken kebabs / [McCormick (UK) Ltd.].
  • Lemon chicken with pine nut stuffing / Tesco.
  • Lemon chicken with pine nut stuffing / Tesco.
  • Women preparing a chicken and washing their hands: protecting from avian flu in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2006.
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