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Waterproof Rice?
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— 9 Aug 2006 Pete Baran Comment

Its great news for farmers whose crops might be damaged by flooding. But its bad news for people who want to take less that two weeks cooking up a pot of Basmati…[…]

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Xerxes, The Outcast
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— 9 Aug 2006 Tom 5 comments

Years ago – in 2000, to be exact, I had a blog called Blue Lines. I was one of the first 100 or so people in the UK to have a blog, for what that’s worth (nothing, you might think, and in a just world you’d be right). Blue Lines was[…]

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— 9 Aug 2006 Tom Comment

33 1/3 Blog: site about the 33 1/3 series of books, focusing on ‘classic albums’. Excerpts, behind the scenes info, reviews. More interesting (in a meta way) than lots of the books themselves![…]

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FT Ask the Family – Part 3
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— 9 Aug 2006 Rob Brennan 1 comment

Dick: OK! So yesterday we showed you one of those close-up picture questions from the old, boring Ask the Family. Do we reckon anyone got it right, Dom?
Dom: Well let’s take a look! (more…)[…]

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The Food vs Service issue again
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— 9 Aug 2006 Pete Baran 3 comments

Went to Mestizo last night on the Hampstead Road, trying not to be the guy who had been to Mexico. As it happened it did not matter, the experience was authentically Mexican at authentically London prices. And what I mean by authentically Mexican is […]

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