Potatoes are fried and enjoyed with rice in Iran, Chile, and Peru. Whether you like them baked, mashed, fried, or boiled, there's a potato dish for just about every taste ... The Canadian food blog ...

Recipes are like magic potions. They promise transformations,’ says Bee Wilson in her introduction to Sylvia Plath’s Tomato Soup Cake (Faber, £12.99), a collection of classic authors’ recipes.