Whenever a mysterious package arrives in the office I can’t help but get a little excited. My first thought is, will there be food inside? In all honesty, that’s probably my motto in life. So when I opened up the mysterious brown box to reveal three even more mysterious bags of Walkers crisps, I was intrigued.

Labelled “Mystery Flavour A, B and C”, I discovered that the three bags are part of Walker’s new ‘What’s that flavour?’ campaign, giving the nation the chance to guess the combination and win a tasty sum of £50,000 each.

Can you guess the winning flavour?

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Tagged crisps, mystery flavour, Walker's

A double-decker marshmallow stack from Three Tarts

They’re fluffy, sometimes adorned, and remind Americans of their childhood. And this time we’re not talking about cupcakes!

For Americans, marshmallows hold a special place in our dessert repertoire, particularly in the summer time when we make S’mores, first roasting them over an open flame and then sandwiching them between squares of chocolate and graham crackers.

These plush, sticky pillows do have a reputation for being too sweet (and not just when they’re smooshed between chocolate and cookies!), but a host of bakeries and specialty dessert shops around New York city have found a way to elevate this seemingly simple treat to gourmet status, first reported in the New York Times and then across the pond in the Daily Mail and the Metro.

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Tagged cupcakes, marshmallows, new york, trends

Being born to a (very) Scottish father and an English mother, one central question dominated my childhood. Not devolution of powers, not Scottish independence, not even whether poem should be pronounced ‘poem’ or ‘poyem’. The question that seemed to most vex my family was: what does a turnip look like? Is it small and purple-tinged, as my Mum would argue, or large and orange as my Dad would?

In Scotland, a turnip is a swede, and a swede is a turnip. Or (just for diplomacy’s sake) in England, a swede is a turnip, and a turnip is a swede. Something funny happened, somewhere around Hadrian’s Wall, and left many a violent vegetable dispute in its wake.

A turnip by any other name would taste as swede

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Tagged Burn's night, Burns Night Menu, haggis, Scotland, swede, Turnip

Today may be America’s National Pie Day and even though they might know how to whip up a delicious pie or five, here at Food Network UK we think the upper crust of British pastries are fabulous enough to triumph over quintessential American creations.

With the UK’s repertoire of gorgeously retro bakes, we think we have what it takes to challenge our friends across the pond at Cooking Channel to a battle of the pies.

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Tagged banoffee pie, British, pie

In honour of Chinese New Year and The Year of the Dragon, we’ve teamed up with one of our favourite food bloggers, Xiaolu of 6 Bittersweets to indulge in these delicious flame-hued tartlets.

Although these tartlets are not traditional Chinese fare, oranges and tangerines symbolise good health and longevity in Chinese culture, so it was only right that citrus fruits were chosen to be baked into a light and refreshing pud.

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Tagged bloggers, Chinese New Year, dessert, Tarts