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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tortes, tuiles and terrines: menu items that mystify us - and why we order them anyway

chocolate cake
Just order it, it’ll almost certainly be nice … Photograph: Darko Trajkovic/Getty Images/500px

Name: Let’s start with ganache.

Age: Invented in France, allegedly by accident, in the mid-19th century.

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