Grace Dent is right: 'The magic is in the make-believe – we don’t mind the smoke-and-mirror nature of these shows, not least because they provide a valuable counselling service at a very stressful time.' Give me a holiday cookery show with #foodhistorians #IvanDay, #AnnieGray, etc., in it any time. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/dec/14/grace-dent-tv-christmas-specials-comment-recipes-just-here-to-gawp-review #holidays #foodstudies #cookeryshows #foodhistory
I won’t make a single one of these TV Christmas recipes; I’m just here to gawp

I defy anyone to watch the Nigella Christmas special and feel anything but drunk on yuletide bonhomie

The Guardian
Grace Dent is right: 'The magic is in the make-believe – we don’t mind the smoke-and-mirror nature of these shows, not least because they provide a valuable counselling service at a very stressful time.' Give me a holiday cookery show with #foodhistorians #IvanDay, #AnnieGray, etc., in it any time. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/dec/14/grace-dent-tv-christmas-specials-comment-recipes-just-here-to-gawp-review #holidays #foodstudies #cookeryshows #foodhistory
I won’t make a single one of these TV Christmas recipes; I’m just here to gawp

I defy anyone to watch the Nigella Christmas special and feel anything but drunk on yuletide bonhomie

The Guardian

Just returned my copy of The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker to the library: absolutely fascinating! Did you know that one of the first coffee shops was called Nandos?

#bookstodon #nonfiction #highstreet #anniegray