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Great Taste Awards Hand Green Pastures Three-Star Win

8/13/2026

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Rachel Roddy Escapes

Food writer Rachel Roddy moved from England to a Scottish studio to escape the heat.
She notes Scotland’s night temperatures will fall to single digits and that Waitrose saw a spike in cottage pie and South African red wine sales.
Roddy offers a lighter aubergine parmigiana baked early and recommends prawn-stuffed peppers, lamb-freekeh peppers, Provençal-style courgettes, plus aubergine dishes by Atul Kochhar, Arto Der Haroutunian and Anna Del Conte.

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Davies Defends Katsu

A Canberra Times column called Japanese katsu the worst curry in the world.
The piece featured an iStockphoto image titled “The worst curry in the world.”
Food writer Emiko Davies rebutted, detailing katsu curry’s history, technique and seaweed-based traditional ingredients.
Davies urged readers to make katsu curry rice themselves, highlighting an online debate over its authenticity.

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Green Pastures Wins

The Guild of Fine Food’s Great Taste awards gave three-star status to Green Pastures sour cream, an Irish standout.
A long-time judge said the three-star sticker often serves as the main sales pitch for winners.
Chapel House B&B in Penzance served black pudding, hog’s pudding and a butter-cooked spinach-tarragon omelette at the festival.

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Rachel Roddy Escapes

Food writer Rachel Roddy moved from England to a Scottish studio to escape the heat.
She notes Scotland’s night temperatures will fall to single digits and that Waitrose saw a spike in cottage pie and South African red wine sales.
Roddy offers a lighter aubergine parmigiana baked early and recommends prawn-stuffed peppers, lamb-freekeh peppers, Provençal-style courgettes, plus aubergine dishes by Atul Kochhar, Arto Der Haroutunian and Anna Del Conte.

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