Allotment produce
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It’s fun having an allotment. Mine is a small parcel on an old 25 acre site in West London. It is a beautiful space filled with vegetable patches, old fruit.. Read More
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Japanese Bakery in London
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Why are the Japanese such perfectionists when it comes to making French pastries ? Both my children learned Japanese at school and one went on to SOAS to do his.. Read More
Adapting recipes – Stuffed baby aubergines
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Not a fan of adapting recipes, when a new cookbook has yet another version of bread and butter pudding I despair. Aren’t there any new recipes being invented? But.. Read More
Re-discovering old cookbooks
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I’ve a new kitchen (hurray) and I’m so thrilled to have space again to cook. Amongst the many things that need unpacking and new places for their repose, I have.. Read More
Learn to cook like a Gascon in France – a short cooking holiday
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Following the success of several Italian cooking weeks, Cooking with Class is now proposing a short residential course in mid September 2015 at Aubiet in the Gers, South West France... Read More
Christmas, home or away…with pear terrine
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Everyone at least once in their life wants the chance to break their usual Christmas routine. Some families have such strong personalities, like mine that this can be almost impossible... Read More
Portugese cooking in Madeira
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If you are a gardener like me you can’t help being captivated by Madeira where there are 3 climatic zones as you ascend from the ocean to the island’s high.. Read More
What do you do on holidays when….
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What do you do on holiday in France when one of your adult children is a pastry chef and the other an equally keen apprentice, albeit an amateur one? Well.. Read More
Ice-cream in London
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I was walking around the newly developed area behind King’s Cross station one sunny afternoon and marveling that what was once an ugly and industrial wasteland has now been saved.. Read More
Puddings in the English countryside
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For a birthday treat surrounded by family which included some tall thin and hungry 20 somethings I was taken to the countryside to indulge in the best of English puddings…It.. Read More