Culinary criticisms that leave a bad taste | Brief letters

National dishes | London’s garden bridge | Small talk | Richmond Park deer | Harold IIAntonio Carluccio claims there is no such dish as spaghetti bolognese in Italy (Shortcuts, G2, 12 October). Yet I have eaten it in Bologna. It was disappointing – made, as Carluccio says “without any herbs”. I have also eaten paella with chorizo, chicken and prawns in Spain (Jamie Oliver’s paella brings fractured Spain together … against him, 5 October).
Caroline Ewans
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