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Can I cook like ...

Each week, we make Stephen Bush attempt to cook and eat the favourite foods of your favourite public figures.

  • One does enjoy an egg... Margaret Thatcher’s pre-Atkins diet. Photograph: Suki Dhanda for the Guardian. Stylist: Stephanie Iles.

    Can I cook like ... Margaret Thatcher?

    We know she allowed herself just four hours’ sleep a night, but what foods fuelled the late PM’s 1979 assault on Downing Street?
  • Guardian Feast<br>writer Stephen Bush - Anna Wintour

    Can I cook like ... Anna Wintour?

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    Can I cook like If you want to look good, you have to eat good – but that doesn’t mean it will taste good
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    Can I cook like ... Elton John?

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    The singer has a penchant for Italian rice. And no wonder – after a real risotto, I feel like a rocket man
  • Napoleon would not have approved of these.

    Can I cook like ... Napoleon?

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    Was one too many joints (of meat) the downfall of Napoleon’s armies?
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    Can I cook like ... James Bond?

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    Our columnist finds that the suave spy isn’t quite so smooth with his culinary choices
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    Can I cook like ... Casanova?

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    The lothario was loth to go without oysters all day, every day. I am not
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    Can I cook like ... Vladimir Putin?

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    Russia’s president is fond of pies, as am I. But dissenters of my pastry capabilities will not be tolerated
  • They fed me on milk and capsicum: Bush as Bowie. And some milk and peppers.

    Can I cook like ... David Bowie?

    Stephen Bush
    Evidence of any sort of eating habits is as thin as the white duke, but the chance to dress up as David Bowie is too good to pass up
  • Stephen Bush: can i cook like Arsene Wenger?

    Can I cook like … Arsene Wenger?

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    How to make a daily diet of steamed everything into an art form
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    Can I cook like ... Gwyneth Paltrow?

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    Clean eating should come with a hazard symbol when the ‘food’ you prepare tastes like detergent
  • ‘Oprah’s “sexy breakfast” is scrambled eggs with salsa ... I am increasingly suspicious of people who eat eggs.’

    Can I cook like … Oprah Winfrey?

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    The recipe for Oprah’s famous sexy breakfast turns out to be more trouble than it’s worth. And what on Earth is truffle zest?
  • ‘The edible dormouse is well-placed to become next year’s hot food trend’.

    Can I cook like ... Julius Caesar?

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    Our columnist was able to conquer most of the Roman diet but stopped short at the dormice
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    Can I cook like ... Donald Trump?

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    Minced meat for every meal isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
  • Jay-Z doing his best impression of Stephen Bush.

    Can I cook like ... Jay-Z?

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    With little in common with the superstar musician but a mild obsession with Italian food, our columnist tries to live the dream by indulging in a shared passion for pasta.
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    Can I cook like … Miriam González Durántez?

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    A week of cooking Spanish meals from the blog of the top lawyer (and Nick Clegg’s wife) could lead to wheedling your way into her family
  • Bush is a new man.

    Can I cook like … Paul Newman?

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    If you’re famous enough, you can sell almost anything – just add salad dressing
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    Can I cook like … Jourdan Dunn?

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    You know you’re getting old when you’ve never heard of one of the world’s most glamorous supermodels
  • Stephen Bush and a pewter mug of mead.

    Can I cook like ... Henry VIII?

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    Our columnist discovers eating like a king can be a royal pain in the oven
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    Can I cook like ... Michelle Obama?

    The former first lady is as breezy in the kitchen as she is out of it
  • Stepehn Bush contemplates Warhol via soup.

    Can I cook like ... Andy Warhol?

    In which our columnist discovers that accomplished artistry need not always indicate good taste
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