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Wonderful post Anjali, thank you. I do think that genetics (if it is even the correct term) mean our bodies process food in different ways and there is no 'one food system fits all bodies'. Not that I've any way of proving that, but I like to think that centuries of Mediterranean ancestors mean my response to specific foods is going to be different from my friends of Celtic/northern heritage now I've moved to Scotland. Similarly many studies now advocate various ways of eating breakfast, which I've tried and tried before finding that the large breakfast/light dinner system my family's always done suits me way better in terms of balancing blood sugar levels and maintaining weight.

What works for me may not work for my friends and vice versa. And as Anjali said, sometimes it's just plain exhausting having people look at me funny because I'm not interested in trying yet new diets.
This being said, I couldn't help but cringe a bit at some comments calling vegetarians 'fad dieters' or going on about paleo being a lifestyle and not a diet. I'm vegetarian and don't care about what other people eat and don't want to have to justify my choices (a while back a newly vegan friend spent her time lecturing us about what we should eat or not, it was ANNOYING). I wish we could simply make our own choices without people going on and on about how to label them..

Just one request - that amazing "stir in the egg white and your pancakes will be the best you'll ever have" recipe!

Now where can I preorder?

Faith, I love this so much. Can we be friends so I can be invited to your next dinner party? :P

I'm originally from Provence and nougat is one of my favourite food groups, hah! Actually white and dark nougats are part of the traditional "13 Christmas desserts" there.

I've never attempted making white nougat at home as the recipes are a bit tricky, but dark nougat is pretty easy to make (and egg-free, for the vegans here) as it's mainly caramel. I've never seen white nougat with dried fruit though - it's generally just almond or almond and pistachio. It sounds tasty though!

leotjohnson - it's not exactly the same flavour but I would replace capers with cornichons!

ADORABLE.

My god, I think I've just drooled on my keyboard. Thank you for the recipe!

I usually bring things like that to the office. I don't really have a sweet tooth (a block of cheese doesn't last the day in my fridge though) so I eat candies because they're in front of me, not because I want them. And it makes the coworkers happy!

In the UK treacle pudding and treacle tart are very common - treacle is basically golden syrup. For instance http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/treacletart_67656 - and yes, it's very, very sweet. Never really got into them.

Thank you, that looks delicious!!