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Bee Wilson
@KitchenBee
I write about food. And other things. Books inc Consider the Fork, First Bite. Founder of @TastEdFeed: taste education. Next: a cookbook. THE SECRET OF COOKING
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    Bee Wilson
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    Apr 24, 2023
    Do you wish you cooked more but don't know where to start? I wrote THE SECRET OF COOKING for anyone who needs ideas for how to cook when you are tired/stressed/alone/have terrible knife skills/all of the above. Here are the covers! (@wwnorton & @4thEstateBooks)
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    Bee Wilson
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    Oct 16, 2022
    My mother, Katherine Duncan-Jones, died peacefully this morning. I was holding her hand, for which I am so grateful. This is her wooden spoon, one of my most-loved kitchen objects, and a photo of her as a teenager. And her edition of Shakespeare’s Sonnets. Xxx
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    Bee Wilson
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    Jan 2, 2019
    This is depressing. A new ‘wellness’ aisle in Sainsbury’s, Cambridge. Contents: sugary biscuits, protein bars, organic cola drinks, slimming shakes. The madness of our food culture all in one aisle.
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    Bee Wilson
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    Jul 14, 2021
    Recipes pretend to be a factual form of writing but they are actually one of the lovelier kinds of fiction, with a happy ending on every page. This was what I was thinking this morning while editing my cookbook.
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    Bee Wilson
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    Jan 2, 2024
    If your resolution was to cook more this year but you are also feeling tired because it's so cold and grey, may I suggest this? It's the Paneer Jalfrezi with potatoes from The Secret of Cooking. So easy, it's almost as if someone else has cooked it for you. Photo by Matt Russell.
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    Bee Wilson
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    Apr 18, 2020
    I love baking. But this is offensive on so many levels. The lack of flour and eggs in the shops being one. The fact that so many people have lost their work and can’t afford hobby baking being another. The patronising tone being a third.
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    UK Prime Minister
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    Apr 18, 2020
    Keep the family entertained this weekend by trying some home baking. #StayHomeSaveLives
    Photo of a pie with stay home written in pastry on it. Text next to pie reads do some baking.
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    Bee Wilson
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    May 21, 2022
    Comfort food shd really be called trauma food. It’s what you cook to remind yourself you’re alive when you are not quite sure this is true. I wrote about comfort cooking feat. ⁦@GrabYourSpoon⁩ ⁦@EmilyRNunn⁩, ⁦@RyanRileyy⁩ & Faraj Alnasser
    When my husband left me, I headed for the kitchen – here’s how comfort food can save the soul
    From theguardian.com
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    Bee Wilson
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    Jan 14, 2021
    ‘You turning on food parcels does not give you karmic license to take another avenue of support away’. @BootstrapCook addresses Boris Johnson directly on the outrage that is child hunger in the U.K.
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    Bee Wilson
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    Nov 5, 2019
    Such great news! Mohit Bakaya, the director of @BBCRadio4 has written to say that @BBCFoodProg has 'been awarded the bid' and 'it will continue as the Food Programme'. Thank you SO much to everyone who signed the letter and expressed love and support for this great institution.
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    Bee Wilson
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    Feb 27, 2021
    One more thing on ultra-processed food. The French consume more sugar & calories per capita than UK, + they eat twice as much animal fat and cheese yet obesity rates are roughly 7% in France vs. 25% in the UK. UPF consumption is around 14% of total diet in France vs 51% in UK.
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    Bee Wilson
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    Nov 27, 2021
    Reminded again of the power of recipes to revive memories. When visiting my mother (who has dementia) this week, the thing that most engaged her was hearing my niece describe making pies for Thanksgiving (apple and pumpkin). She gestured with her hands, as if rolling pastry.
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    Bee Wilson
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    Jan 12, 2021
    Everyone should read this whole thread from @BootstrapCook on the replacement of £30 healthy food vouchers for people on low incomes with shockingly meagre food parcels and what it says about wider attitudes to food poverty in Britain and beyond.
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    Bee Wilson
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    May 11, 2023
    This was the most personal piece I've ever written - about the comforts that cooking can offer during sad times. So it means a lot that it's been shortlisted for a @Fortnums award (announced tonight) with another piece I wrote for @ftweekend (on nutmeg)
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    When my husband left me, I headed for the kitchen – here’s how comfort food can save the soul
    Bee Wilson was bereft when her marriage suddenly ended after 22 years. But solace came from meatballs, eggy bread and her most beloved meals. She talks to four other people who pieced themselves back...
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    Bee Wilson
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    May 29, 2019
    Copper spoons make sweet foods taste sweeter and bitter ones more bitter. Gold spoons make everything taste slightly better (and not just because they are so expensive). Things I learned today from material scientist ⁦@zoelaughlin⁩