Eric Stanway

Ratatouille is wonderful dish for summer veggies

Believe it or not, there was once a time when the word “Ratatouille” didn’t automatically conjure up a computer-generated rodent whipping up award-winning meals in …

Potato chips employ thousands, make billions

When I was a youngster living in England in the early 1960s, I experienced firsthand the gap between British and American technologies. And no, I’m …

Traditional couscous gained popularity in an instant

There are some foods that are so ancient, they hail almost from the dawn of civilization. We’ve already discussed lentils, which are prominently mentioned in …

A summer berry pudding that’s fit for a queen

Some dishes that are so basic that one would assume they’d been around since time immemorial. In Britain, for instance, the warm summer months hail …

Regardless of origin, Sloppy Joes are popular fare

Regular readers of this column will have noticed that lately, I’ve been looking at dishes that were popularized in the middle of the last century. …

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