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Our latest series runs down the truth behind the popular bakes featured on The Great British Baking Show. This week: Sweet Dough! Sweet Doughs Sweet doughs are the dessert variation on Bread Week. With Paul Hollywood staking his reputation as the Bread Master, the show felt having just Bread Week
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Our latest series runs down the truth behind the popular bakes featured on The Great British Baking Show. This week: Puddings! Puddings Pudding is a British slang word for desserts of any kind. Like the "Dessert" category, this is a bit of a catch-all for stuff that doesn&
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Our latest series runs down the truth behind the popular bakes featured on The Great British Baking Show. This week: Pies! Pie Week In the early seasons of Great British Bake Off, "Pies" and "Tarts" were separate challenges. After this season, there was never a stand-alone
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Our latest series runs down the truth behind the popular bakes featured on The Great British Baking Show. This week: Desserts! Dessert Week Unlike our first three episodes, which featured self-explanatory categories like "Cake," "Bread," and "Tarts," "Dessert" week on The Great
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Our new series runs down the truth behind the popular bakes featured on The Great British Baking Show. This week: Tarts! Tart Week Tarte Tatin Interestingly, there seems to be a bit of a theme in this earlier season of The Great British Baking Show. Last week's double
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Our new series runs down the truth behind the popular bakes featured on The Great British Baking Show. This week: Cakes and Bread! Cake Week Upside Down Cake The name is a creation of the later Victorian era, but the cake itself is far older, known as a "Skillet
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Iconic British author Charles Dickens was born in Plymouth, England on February 7, 1812, he is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in the English language. His timeless plotlines are simultaneously brimming with commentary on the social ills of the Victorian era. It is Dickens’ richly drawn characters, however,
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Despite the news of the world, it's been a great year at PBS. But as 2018 begins, it's time to look ahead to see which new programs are heading our way, and when we can expect those shows we can't wait to return. Let&
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It's the end of 2017, and time to look back at the best shows aired on your local PBS station this year. This was a big year for our local PBS stations, who lost their flagship Downton Abbey, but soldiered on anyway. This year brought us the beginning
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If it's the middle of December, it's Nutcracker time! This year, PBS has a new take on the old classic. Let's start this post with a bit of background. Before I became a writer, I spent a decade working in theater. It was a
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What's an Anglophile stuck in America to watch this Christmas? If it just doesn't feel like Christmas without very plummy accents, then we've got you covered! We've rounded up all your options, both on the telly and streaming. Let's start
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American Downton Abbey fans can get their fix of all things Crawley starting next month, when a traveling exhibit dedicated to the period drama arrives stateside. Downton Abbey: The Exhibition is coming to the U.S. on a multi-city tour, which will kick off in New York City beginning November