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Antony
TV- Rick Stein’s India
Overview: Chef Rick Stein (most famous for
his seafood dishes) takes a tour around the regions of India to learn more about the culinary
history of each region, eating and cooking as
he goes. In essence, he’s looking to find out
what “curry” is to the Indian nation and find
the perfect curry

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Why I love it: Despite appearances -I’m six
foot tall and ten stone giving me the appearance of a skin-laden skeleton - I am a big fan of
well cooked food. I watch many cookery shows
and have picked Rick Stein’s latest series here
because it was his programs that got me into
enjoying food and enjoying cooking. Rick has
a passion about all food and a manner that I
find really approachable. He’s a food geek and
one I would love to meet. I’m not a curry eater,
but this series excited me about Indian food in
a way I always doubted I could be.

Romance in Regency Times

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A culinary tour finding far more than just Curry

Sara
Book- Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer
Overview: It’s Regency London and siblings
Judith and Perry Taverner have been left in
the care of their new guardian, The Earl of
Worth. Instead of the expected doddery old
geezer they find that the earl is a handsome
and grumpy young aristocrat. Judith obviously hates him, so clearly they fall in love after
some hijinks and misunderstandings.
Why I love it: I love Georgette Heyer, specifically her Regency Romance novels. The plots are
pretty by the numbers, (girl meets man she
can’t stand, then falls in love) but she writes
really strong well rounded female characters.
The best of these is Judith Tavener. She drives
her own horses around London and causes a
stir in nineteenth century London doing it. Judith is sharp, witty and headstrong without
becoming the typical simpering twit we get
in so many period novels. I unashamedly love