Food - so often highly anticipated and so often a little bit... disappointing. Rachel Cooke asks why.
Rachel Cooke (1969-2025) reveals which food she considers to be the most disappointing. And in this essay she also recalls her extraordinary trip to a legendary Spanish restaurant; the taste of her grandmother's cakes, never to be recreated and asks why so few eagerly anticipated meals and treats live up to our high expectations.
This series of the Essay is being broadcast again to mark Rachel Cooke’s death in November 2025.
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