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Xanthe Clay

@xantheclay.bsky.social

Food writer. Trustee Andre Simon Awards. Academy Chair (UK & Ireland) World’s 50 Best Restaurants. Judge on the Irish Food Writing Awards. Former President of the Guild of Food Writers. Somewhat bemused.

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Hah! Xxxx

10.10.2025 12:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

😆

10.10.2025 12:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You can play with the community (no interaction required, at least when I played a long time ago) and against the computer (ditto)

22.08.2025 21:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Words with Friends?

22.08.2025 18:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Aha! Whose fried egg?

16.08.2025 22:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

👍🙏top. Thank you.

16.08.2025 22:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Love a frazzle.

16.08.2025 22:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ooo need to check out Brets

16.08.2025 22:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

😆both !

16.08.2025 22:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

OK, important question. What’s your favourite posh crisps flavour? And the worst? 🙏for an article

16.08.2025 18:18 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 9    📌 0

Oh I do 🤣

09.07.2025 17:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‘A hint of rancid pork fat’: The best and worst supermarket white chocolate bars Often more comforting than its milk or dark counterparts, white chocolate can also offer more in terms of flavour than you might think

Talking white chocolate in @telegraphnews.bsky.social - and eating it. A lot of it. www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-dri...

09.07.2025 17:56 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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The Government is counting on ‘nudge’ psychology in the supermarkets to make us less fat If we want the NHS to survive, we have to tighten our belts

I’m off on one in @telegraphnews.bsky.social today. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06...

29.06.2025 17:24 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yum. Xx

28.06.2025 08:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Try one of Claire Ptak’s - Violet Bakery - recipes, proper showstoppers. X

20.06.2025 14:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Thank you!

03.06.2025 11:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What would you like to be given for Father’s Day? I’m compiling a list.

03.06.2025 10:28 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

Getting stuck in 👍

30.05.2025 19:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Already hooked

30.05.2025 19:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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@nicmiller.bsky.social look what’s just arrived 🥰thank you for the tip. X

30.05.2025 18:20 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

Anyone spotted any watermelon radishes on sale right now? X

01.05.2025 09:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you!!

26.04.2025 20:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Absolutely- and the same thing is true in reverse

26.04.2025 17:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you!

26.04.2025 12:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I can send a list of recommendations

26.04.2025 12:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Much talk about the new Golden Age of Train Travel. Now 42minutes in to a call to @greatwesternrailway.info to book the Night Riviera 🤷‍♀️- can’t be booked online, can’t email tickets, have to post them, now the payment system is down 🙇‍♀️

26.04.2025 11:37 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

And mine. I want Sunlight on the Garden at my funeral.

25.04.2025 10:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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One of my happy places.

25.04.2025 09:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Brilliant list! Thank you. Xxx

25.04.2025 09:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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