Category Archives: Foods that Changed Our Lives

Holy Cannoli! The Cannoli that Changed My Life

The cannoli that changed my life

This month, as I think about Italian desserts, I’m overcome with childhood memories of emotional guilt, an undying passion for Almond Cake and downright resentment – how come nobody ever told me how good cannoli are?!

The ‘cannoli that changed my life day’ kicked off to a slow start. I was wounded from the night before when I had tried to create a Thai-come-Gujarati dessert which, by the way, failed miserably. Lunch would be with a good friend and wannabe vegetarian at a quaint little café in Victoria.

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The Burrito that Changed My Life

I had never eaten a breakfast burrito. Until last week. And then my life changed. I can’t remember the last time I ate something that good – on the street.

We’re a bit obsessed with street food this month, mostly due to the launch of The Great Food Truck Race on TV, a culinary cook-off between seven travelling food trucks who race across America competing for a $50,000 grand prize.

Ask a typical Brit what they consider to be ‘street food’ and the answers include hot dogs from a vender down the South Bank, burgers or even a late-night kebab. Luckily for us, the times they are a changing.

Two of the content team outside Daddy Donkey

Two of the content team eagerly awaiting their breakfast burrito

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