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Despite their demonisation by various health gurus over the years, we still have a great appetite for carbs, the traditional building blocks of our diet. And these days they have plenty of high-profile cheerleaders. Cookbook author and influencer Poppy O’Toole* (@poppycooks on TikTok and Instagram) has built a large following for her imaginative carb-laden dishes (she’s known as The Queen Of Potatoes) and she’s especially keen on multi-carb dishes: “I love an Indian snack called vada pav,” she says – “essentially a spiced potato dumpling sandwiched in a burger bun.”