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This Guardian clarification really had its work cut out

Oonagh Keating. Updated December 11th, 2018

For reasons that must be obvious, the Guardian newspaper has long been dubbed “the Grauniad”, but some errors are a bit more obvious than a spelling mistake. Last week, a correction appeared that must be amongst the best we’ve ever seen. It said:

“A reader noted that our recipe called “Spaghetti with radicchio, fennel and rosemary” didn’t include spaghetti, fennel or rosemary.”

Was it just radicchio on a plate?

Journalist Phil Baty spotted the little gem and posted a picture, which has proved to be very popular on Twitter.

There were some very entertaining reactions.


In fairness to the Guardian, we should clarify that there was a second part to the correction, which kind of made it seem less ridiculous.

“The ingredients and method were right, but it should have been titled: Strozzapreti with radicchio and balsamic.”