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I haven't read the book but I do love Rayner's reviews on the Guardian. Now that I'm deprived of Giles Coren's reviews for the Times (although I think I like Rayner's more).

That said, I like most decent food writing - which generally *doesn't* mean the sort of coffee table books you get in supermarkets (and Jamie's Italian restaurants).

I used to hate going to Ikea as a kid, because my parents would always spend ages not in the shiny exhibition-y area, but the boring warehouse-y bit where you get the actual furniture. But the best bit was definitely either going to the restaurant or the food market at the end. Free refills of Lingonberry soda, yum.

I watched the first couple of episodes but after that I couldn't really take it... to me there doesn't seem to be about food but more about her take on it. A different and better programme that's on at the moment (I think) is Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets. It's on either BBC1 or BBC2, I can't remember.

How much?!

If I was stupidly rich I might treat my friends and family to a stupidly expensive meal. But only one!

I love Flying Saucers, cuz the styrofoam shell helps to counter the fizzy sherbet inside.

Our A-Level English teacher gave out some during our final lesson, and some of the boys decided to open them out, cut the sherbet into lines and snort it. Why, I ask you. WHY?

I have no idea where to get them (I live in England) but I remember I once got some wonderful green tea & orange sweets from Whittards of Chelsea - it's a chain tea store.

My mum loves purple broccoli. It's not bad in a stir fry with a little bit of oyster sauce.

Ha ha, Rick rolled.

Currently my hangover cure is Thai Green Chicken Soup and a slice of homemade bread. Tis delicious.

Anna Pickard did an excellent liveblog of it; find it here.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/organgrinder/2008/01/watch_with_a_faint_hope_of_thi.html