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Stuck in the Toffee Pudding
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An American's musings on her recent relocation to the UK, including profound food reviews, seething fashion criticism, expert travel observations, and general snarkiness.
- Added on: Oct 19th, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Claire Craig Evans
- Listed in: Culture Observational Humor
- Tags: english food moving to england living in the uk uk travel american expat american in england
Recent Posts
Have a Cracking Christmas!
If you're headed toward a place setting at an English Christmas do or holiday dinner near you, you should be chuffed (excited) to see one of these at your spot. No, it's not an extra festive toilet paper roll. It's not a holiday recreatio...
Back to Reality
One gentle reader expressed interest some time ago in my take on UK healthcare. Using the NHS, England's socialized healthcare program, is a major learning curve for Americans living here for any length of time. National healthcare is als...
Move Over, Martha!
Meet my new favorite celebrity foodie, Delia Smith. She's no revelation to the English, but for Americans, she flies much lower on radar than the potty-mouthed Gordon Ramsay or voluptuous Nigella Lawson. She's without a gimmick: she'...
Sunrise, Sunset
The picture above could be our back garden at 8 a.m. One of the most striking things when I first lived in England for a while in 2001 was the lovely, long length of day in summer. It was even better than visiting Minnesota, where we marve...
Thanksgiving, Observed
As one of my most ambitious cultural experiments to date, I cooked a facsimile of Thanksgiving dinner for five all-British dining companions over the weekend. As I have never actually dabbled in turkey myself, and now truly appreciate my m...
Nevermind That Flesh Wound. How About a Nice Tea?
I've been hitting the book lately. At least, the UK Highway Code. Americans living in the UK have a year to drive on our US driver's license, but after the year, the party is over. To continue the fun in our clown car, we'...
