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• How to make cobb salad – recipe | Felicity Cloake's Masterclass

  05-07-2026 14:00
  Its origin story may be full of holes, but there’s no disputing this American classic’s status as a world beater when it comes to a tasty, satisfying saladAccording to the US Institute for Culinary Education, the cobb salad is an embodiment of “the spirit of American ingenuity”, thanks to a strangely familiar creation myth involving a restaurateur (in this case, at Hollywood’s Brown Derby) throwing it together for a late-night snack. It’s also perfect game-day
  
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• Appalachia, London N1: ‘The chicken is like Sunday dinner on performance steroids’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants

  05-07-2026 07:00
  This is no theme bar, and not remotely a joke: they really are doing proper Appalachian regional cooking on a side road near Old StreetAppalachia, newly opened near Old Street, London, is unlike anywhere else in town. It serves grits, pork rinds, collard greens, kilt salad, chow-chow relish and pot liquor. Ali Borer, formerly of Smoking Goat and Guy Ritchie’s Lore of the Land pub, and not remotely Appalachian himself, is cooking the food of yesteryear Scots-Irish mountain settlers who made
  
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