S6 E2: Michelle de Swarte, comedian

Model-turned-standup Michelle De Swarte knows how to make an entrance. And arriving at Grace’s with her eat-it-or-climb-it comfort snack of choice, she doesn’t disappoint. For the woman who left school at 14, signed as a model at 19, fell on the Gucci …

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Food review – Edinburgh festival banquet serves up theatrical spectacle

The Studio, EdinburghGeoff Sobelle is firmly in control of this clever show full of tricks, but it doesn’t really feed the soulA gigantic banqueting table dominates the room, with members of the audience seated around it. A formidable chandelier shimme…

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On my radar: Bridget Christie’s cultural highlights

The comedian on Jon Ronson’s take on the culture wars, an app for menopausal women, and a life-affirming book about deathBorn in Gloucester in 1971, comedian Bridget Christie’s debut BBC Radio 4 series, Bridget Christie Minds the Gap, was first broadca…

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A look at some of our favorite cinematic food fights

You know how as a kid mom always told you not to play with your food? Well that doesn’t apply… MORE
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TruTV announces new comedic cooking competition “Fast Foodies”

After the success of Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party earlier this year, TruTV is having another go around with food. The… MORE
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The Edinburgh fringe is obsessed with food – so I went and gorged on the best shows

From comedy about carveries to clean-eating rants, food is a huge theme at this year’s festival fringe. The Guardian’s restaurant critic gets stuck inAt Valvona & Crolla, a venerable Edinburgh deli dating from 1934, I am eating arancini for breakfa…

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Comedians’ guide to Edinburgh: where to eat, drink, swim and snog

Sofie Hagen, Phil Wang, Nish Kumar and others reveal their favourite festival spots, from Portobello Beach to the middle of the Royal MileMy girlfriend did a show in Ciao Roma and ever since the owner has treated her like his child. When we walk in, it…

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A new start: Phil Wang on how a coffee grinder with 12 settings changed his life

The standup bought himself the appliance to escape the yoke of big bean and find grownup enlightenment. All he learned was that he doesn’t like the stuffI bought myself a coffee grinder in 2018 so I could grind beans at home, thus finalising my transit…

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Watch an ‘SNL’ Fan Make the “Pizza Crepe Taco Pancake Chili Bag” from “Taco Town”

It’s been over ten years since Saturday Night Live originally aired the commercial parody “Taco Town,” in which an enthusiastic Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis, and Bill Hader learn about one fast food chain’s brand new multi-layered, 15-flavor food product/monstrosity called the “Pizza Crepe Taco Pancake Chili Bag.” Today, the sketch is getting some more well-deserved […]

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An Excerpt from ‘Man vs. Child: One Dad’s Guide to the Weirdness of Parenting’ by Doug Moe

WHAT WILL TODDLERS EAT? Food used to be one of your top five things—remember brunch?—but toddlers ruin food. You try to serve them healthy things, lovingly crafted, only to see them reject or smash them. Just a short bit ago, you were trying so damned hard to get them off the bottle, and now eating […]

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