Some years ago now, a few members of the family embarked upon the West Country equivalent of the Camino de Santiago in...
Samosas
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Kitchen Tales recipes
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Fish Stock [Fumet de Poissons]
Homemade fish stock is inexpensive to provision for, and a breeze to make. I have never found a stock cube that comes...
Moules Marinière
“You have to be very careful with mussels. I am not talking about the cooking process, which is a relatively simple...
Chicken Chow Mein
“To the ruler the people are Heaven; to the people, food is Heaven” Kwan Tze. 700 BC Although we...
Classic Christmas Cake
“It’s not the voting that’s democracy, it’s the counting…” From Jumpers by Tom Stoppard With a year of lock-ins,...
Mincemeat
“It is lucky to eat as many pies as possible before Christmas, as says the dweller in London, or is the more elaborate...
Madeleines
“There is no man however wise”, he said to me, “who has not at some time in his youth said things or even led a life...
Parmesan Risotto
When just out of college, and income was in short supply, I loved to eat out. Ironically, as time passed, with a...
Chicken with Grapes and Sweet Wine
During my time as a wine importer I have visited scores, if not hundreds of wineries around the world. I have shivered...
Curried Parsnip Soup
“Words are but wind that do from men proceed; None but Chameleons on bare Air can feed; Great men large hopeful...
Langoustine and Clotted Cream Quiche
“I’ve never heard anyone say a bad word about Bill Baker, although he may not be his doctor’s idea of a model patient,...
Fig Conserve
Our previous house is a short walk from our present cottage and although we moved home six years ago, we failed to...
Tomato Tonnato
“The tomato imparts its delicious taste, at the same time acid and slightly sweet, to so many sauces and dishes that...
Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage
I escaped cabbage as often as I could when young. At lunchtime - obstinately called dinnertime at grammar school - the...
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Fridge Cake [Tiffin]
“Tiffin, the midday meal, was a welcome break in the long Indian day; the pause for sustenance and prelude to a...