Stories
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Busting myths about turkey-baster babies
The popular idea of sex-free, turkey-baster-led conception has been around since the 1970s. Christine Ro goes beyond the utensils drawer to find out if it’s ever really happened.
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A graveyard of plants for the people I love
Searching for her own ceremony to acknowledge the passing of her grandmother, Jennifer Neal turned to plants. The ritual she created was personal and loving, and celebrated life as well as acknowledging loss.
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Lonely bodies are hungry for more than turkey
At Christmas, many charities provide dinners for homeless or isolated people. Food is central to festive celebrations, but it can also satisfy our hunger for belonging and community.
Catalogue
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Cooking and dining in Medieval England / Peter Brears.
Brears, Peter C. D.Date: 2008- Books
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A treatise on the cooking of big joints : as also instructions for roasting and boiling poultry and game, together with hints on the preparation of vegetables and the making of salads / by Jenny Wren.
Wren, Jenny, active 1891.Date: 1891- Pictures
A young woman holding a chicken ready for cooking. Line engraving by J.G. Wille, 175-, after G. Metsu.
Metsu, Gabriel, 1629-1667.Date: [between 1750 and 1759]Reference: 676771i- Pictures
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The Kilwa area (Nanganachi village ?), Tanzania, East Africa: a Tanzanian man spit-roasting meat over an open fire in front of a grass hut. Photograph by Andrew Balfour, ca. 1910 (?).
Balfour, Andrew, Sir, 1873-1931.Date: 1910Reference: 563041i- Ephemera
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Roast lamb with sun-dried tomatoes / Meat & Livestock Commission.
Date: [1994?]