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We asked Scotland fans about their favourite matchday foods

At 8pm tonight Scotland and England will clash in the group stage of this year’s Euros tournament. Fans on both sides of the border will be nervously glued to the screen, but what will they be eating and drinking? At Clever Gretel we back the underdog. It is Scotland’s first time in the Euros for […]

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Cornwall foodbank receives 7 tons of leftover G7 food

Following the G7 summit, seven tons (7000 kilograms) of leftover food was donated to a local Cornwall foodbank. The food was made up of 3000 leftover breakfasts that were intended for security and police at the summit. It was sent to Camborne, Pool, and Redruth foodbank who then distributed the majority of the food, which […]

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Should pub-ordering apps stay post-pandemic?

With pubs being open for over two months now, we got London-based Redditors and businesses to give us their verdict on remote ordering. It’s a minor miracle to step back into a pub after a zoom-addled winter. There’s faces, real ones that don’t jitter and voices that don’t glitch without warning – “sorry guys, my […]

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7 foodie treats from across the globe for Father’s Day

Vater, Papa, Padre, Abba, Apu, no matter what you call them, it’s important to celebrate the dad-figure in your life. Gretel sees the day as nothing more than a commercial cop-out, but she never misses the chance to celebrate with an eclectic range of food and drink from around the world. This Sunday is father’s […]

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Cooking gender gap behind the rise of ready-meals, new research shows

Fresh ingredients are cheaper than ready meals, but men’s unchanging lack of interest in domestic cooking insures the continuing success of microwavable meals.   Increased rates of employment among women in the late twentieth century are the reason for the continuing decline in home-cooking, according to new research released this weekend by the Institute for Fiscal […]