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Rhubarb relish, ready for winter (already)

July 9, 2009 Food & drink
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Around this time of year, rhubarb tends to get tired and worn out. The stalks, those that haven’t been plundered already, are green and thick, with big umbrella-like leaves.  Everything starts to look a bit Jurassic, overgrown and gnarled. The slender pink and red elegance of the early stalks has long faded, and the taste [...]

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Rhubarb ice cream

May 17, 2009 Food & drink
Rhubarb ice cream

It’s the middle of May, and the weather is quite nice, a bit wet, but warmer. I think it’s time to make ice cream, to get the freezer stocked up for summer. Of course, this is Britain, and the North of Britain at that. This may be summer. This ice cream is based on a [...]

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Big crumb rhubarb cake

April 18, 2009 Food & drink
Big crumb rhubarb cake

Main crop rhubarb is everywhere right now, it’s huge umbrella leaves weighing down thick, green and red stalks. In a month or so, the stalks will taste bitter and old, so now is the time to pick it and use it. This cake is a superb way to do just that. It’s excellent with coffee. [...]

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The Rhubarb Triangle

February 24, 2009 Food politics
The West Yorkshire Rhubarb Triangle

At the turn of the last century, rhubarb growers in the area roughly between Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield in West Yorkshire produced ninety percent of the world’s rhubarb, forcing slender and pale stalks for the markets at Spitallfields or Covent Garden. The Rhubarb Express bore crates of Yorkshire rhubarb to the capital until well into [...]

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