great quote and another britishisms: Famously the downstairs restaurant once served for pudding a single peach on a plate. Not peeled. Not cut up. Just a peach. Chez Panisse was saying: this peach is so good nothing we could do would improve upon it. [emphasis added]
I don’t know if you noticed, but a “britishism” has been in the news today. “Fixed around.” I can quite categorically state that it means “sexed up” (c) andrew gilligan.