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FOOD lovers who find themselves in London on a Saturday morning should head to Borough Market.

You'll need to drag yourself out of bed early. We got there at 11.15am and it was thronged Stalls were piled high with vegetables, autumn fruit, wild mushrooms and fresh herbs. Jocular butchers vied to outsell each other with their selection of meat from rare breeds, organic, free-range, cured meats, salamis, dry-cured bacon, prosciutto.

At Brindisa, Serrano ham and Pata Negra were being sliced off the hoof.