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Choose a Food Book for Christmas Favourite books about food and cookbooks for Christmas. Some are new this year, others are classics you might have missed. We’ve chosen our favourites, …
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Food and Cookery books 2020
Tried and tested – coo books that I heartily recommend I love a good book, preferably a cookery book or one about food. Recently, I’ve been more ruthless getting rid …
Bake Better Bread: Bread Books
Choose a bread recipe book to inspire you Are you looking for a really great bread book? After all, there are so many. I asked two great woman bakers to …
Cooking spicy with Spice Pioneer
Those of you who know me well, will know how much I love spices. But the thing with spices is getting the balance just right. Seasoned Pioneers sent me some …
Bake Better Bread: Choosing and buying bread flour
Where to buy bread flour If you are buying bread flour, where do you source it from? Do you know what flour to look for? Choosing the right flour will …
In the hands of Ottolenghi, vegetables are transformed
Learning to love challenging vegetables Supertaster Whilst taking part in a workshop at a science festival I discovered I am a super taster. Not someone who has superior taste but …
Lunch at the Mint Room Bristol
The Mint Room Indian Restaurant is tucked away down a residential street in Clifton. From the outside, it looks compact. But we soon discover there are actually two entrances, and …
Raising the best farmed fish in the world
We recently spent our holiday in Slovenia and of course we tried to discover as much about food in the country as possible. I got in touch with Irena Fonda …
Lunch at the Churchill Arms, Paxford
Nick Deverell Smith, head chef and proprietor of the Churchill Arms at Paxford has worked in many of the best known kitchens in Britain, with and for chefs including Eric …
Afternoon tea at Malmaison Cheltenham
How do you eat your afternoon tea? Do you start with the savouries, then eat the scones? Or perhaps dive into the top layer treats? There’s such a temptation to …