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Partridges and potatoes

The Potato Book

Potatoes loom large in my life: I can take them or leave them but my husband struggles to go without them for a single meal. Indeed, as I read this, I realised how he would have relished being a guest at the banquet Monsieur Parmentier gave for the movers and shakers of the late 18th century where every single dish and the liquors that accompanied them were potato-based. So, while I shan’t

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