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Surf ‘n’ Turf. I’ll admit – the concept, I hate. For me, it conjures images of either the 90s or a tacky date in Vegas; both equally damning. Are you steak or are you lobster? Both are beautiful ingredients, both…
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As sunsets on beachy shore, blood red drops in orange jus, the sunrise in the tequila, so are the shades of beetroot cured salmon. Stunning, stunning and that again. Plated on white and with baby yellow, mustard dill sauce, meals…
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Scallops and black pudding- a classic combination. Almost as classic (and commonplace) as the classic scallops, peas, bacon combo that so often graces tables, TV screens and Come Dine With Me/Amateur MasterChef shows across the nation, if not world. Not…
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This week I had an old friend over for dinner. This is someone I grew up with, someone whom I explored the trappings of village adolescence with; smoking in the village park, deceiving our parents with stories of sleepovers whilst…
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Ahh brunch; meal of Kings, Sunday Layabouts and, in the case of my source for this recipe, Presidents. French Presidents to be exact, President François Hollande to be more exact.Oeuf Poche Meurette is a dignified and staunch classic French dish….
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Every year I am in charge of the Christmas starter. Main course, be it Goose or (God, forbid) Turkey, is still very firmly in the domain of Mother. Indeed it will be a significant and poignant day when I take…
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Everyone says that they have the best brownie recipe. Literally everyone in the world. However, the fact is; they lie. Barefacedly. Because, in fact, I have the best brownie recipe in the world. I don’t pretend any superiority with this…
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