Elisabeth Luard, in her absorbing book European Peasant Cookery, introduces one of my most treasured poultry dishes...
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Garlic Chicken [Poulet à l’àil]
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Kitchen Tales recipes
![Galician Almond Tart [Tarte de Santiago]](http://keithreeves.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_3799-400x250.jpg)
Galician Almond Tart [Tarte de Santiago]
Some time ago I joined a trade delegation hosted by the commercial arm of the Spanish Embassy on a visit to Galicia, a...
Asparagus Tartlets
In The Go-Between, L. P. Hartley described the past as a foreign country, where they do things differently. I have a...
Irish Oatmeal Soda Bread
“All sorrows are less with bread” Miguel de Cervantes from Don Quixote As I have mentioned elsewhere on this site, the...
La Gougère
If Bordeaux wine estates are in the grip of absentee landlords and investment trusts, Burgundy (Bourgogne) in eastern...
Moussaka
"I at last realised that eating was a spiritual function and that meat, bread and wine were the raw materials from...
Plain and Simple White Bread
"A technological triumph, factory bread may be. Taste it has none. Should it be called bread?" Elizabeth David....
Croque Monsieur with George
"…you get a pretty good plate of food - and the Bellinis are just fine. They just cost a fuck of a lot". Anthony...
Steak and Kidney Pie
“I’ll be with you in the squeeze of a lemon” Oliver Goldsmith Mike and Sheila purchased a robust cottage in North...
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Rice with Peas [Risi e Bisi]
"To bless the holy Spring, which makes a garden a paradise, all I need is a soup bowl, a soup bowl of our own risi...
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Baked fish with potatoes – [Pesce al forno con le Patate]
"Soup and Fish explain half the emotions of life" - Sydney Smith Back in the early eighties, before Tuscany was...
Grilled Pineapple with Lime, Chilli and Rosemary
'Sometimes I read a book with pleasure but detest the author"- Jonathan Swift Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s life...
Summer Vegetable Tart
Frances Bissell was one of the most acclaimed cookery writers in England in the 1980's. She wrote regularly for The...
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Ham Croquettes [Croquetas de Jamón]
It has been my good fortune to have been invited to so many wine producing regions across the globe, with the...
Asparagus Tart
“Nature ordained that asparagus should grow wild, so that everyone may go and pick it, yet now we see cultivated...