BBC - Radio 4 - Woman's Hour -Taste: Sweet

This country may be renowed for having a particularly well-developed sweet tooth, but the truth is that the predilection for sweet-tasting food is universal.

What varies is the way that sweetness is used from culture to culture. While as we might be satisfied with a rich steamed sticky pudding swimming in toffee sauce at the end of a meal, in Thailand sweet spiced fish might be included with savoury dishes as the main part of a meal.
Anna McNamee and Sybil Kapoor went to London's Borough Market where they met up with Fred Foster, owner of the fruit and veg supplier Turnips.
Taste a New Way to Cook By: Sybil Kapoor Published by: Mitchell Beazley (2003) ISBN: 1 84000 610 2
Recipe for grilled honey lime marinated squid

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