9 d. ago I'm a hospice chef and most people at the end of their life have the same final meal request

People nearing the end of their lives in hospice often request the same nostalgic food for their last meal, a hospice chef has revealed.

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1 week ago Free meal for 500 people to celebrate National Fish and Chip Day in this Scottish city

Scotland’s National Fish and Chip Day comes on Friday with 500 free meals and Irn Bru being given out on in this city

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3 w. ago 'I can't cook so eat takeaway for every meal – people are shocked at the cost'

A woman has left people gobsmacked at how much she spends on takeaways per month, because she doesn't cook for herself, and treats herself to yummy food every day

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3 w. ago Your favourite podcast is now a video – but are vodcasts the future, or just ‘crap telly’?

Successful podcasters are filming their shows, putting traditional platforms under pressure. Does it add value or reflect YouTube’s increasing might?It is four in the afternoon at Pellicci’s, a family-run cafe on Bethnal Green Road in London that has been an East End institution for 125 years. Its famously loudmouthed owners, British-Italian siblings Nevio and Anna, have been serving fry-ups, soups, pasta and jam roly-polies since eight this morning. The cafe is now closed, but Anna and Nevio are just getting started on their second job as hosts of the podcast series Down the Caff, in which they interview people about food and life over a meal of the guest’s choosing. The conversations are sweary, chaotic and an absolute hoot.Their guests so far include actor and Pellicci’s regular Ray Winstone, Dexys’ Kevin Rowland, rapper Hak Baker and 86-year-old YouTuber Marge Keefe, AKA Grime Gran. Today’s interviewees are TikTok star John Fisher, AKA Big John, and his son, the boxer Johnny Fis...

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3 w. ago Jamie Oliver's sausage and mash pie recipe is the ultimate comfort food

This recipe is so comforting and delicious that it will quickly become your go-to midweek meal. It serves four people and only takes one hour and 30 minutes in total to prepare and cook.

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3 w. ago 'I make the last meal people in hospice ever eat, and they want the same thing'

Chef Spencer Richards works in a UK hospice preparing the final meals for people at the end of their lives

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