7-Minute Icing – recipe
7-Minute Icing or frosting is a forgiving, snowy-white icing that will hold its shape for a long time without slumping. Yes, it does demand 7...
Chef’s Mandoline Slicer by OXO – product review
We all have those little plastic graters with a single slicing blade. The blade was never very sharp even when it was new and now...
Cosmopolitan cocktail recipe
From BBC Food Make a Cosmopolitan and make like a Manhattan socialite with this classy cocktail. Chill the glasses in the freezer beforehand for an...
Rhubarb Fool
From BBC Food Beaten egg white gives Antony Worrall Thompson’s rhubarb-blushed fruit fool mouth-watering billowy peaks. Ingredients 350g/12oz rhubarb 55g/2oz caster sugar 1...
Blackberry Prosecco
Our friends at Tastemade know how to spread cheer with delicious cocktails. This Blackberry Prosecco is ideal for your next celebration. Serves 2 Ingredients 8...
Strawberry & Pepper Jam served with Buttery Black Pepper Scones and Goat’s Cheese – recipe
What can be more evocative of England than afternoon tea! We have water-coloured dreams of cottage gardens, or rolling lawns with summer strollers heading for...
Rennes – second capital of food (or is it third?) – travel review
Rennes Market, in the Place des Lices, is there every Saturday, and is considered to be the second- or third-largest in France, depending on whom...
Advocaat Snowball
From Morrisons A classic cocktail with a retro screw and a cherry on top. Ingredients 50ml Warninks Advocaat a dash of lime lemonade...
Chicken and Prawn Fried Rice – recipe
This is a lovely fried rice recipe that can be as smart or as economic as your budget will allow. This is a basic suggestion...
Gingerbread and Sherry Trifle – Jamie Oliver
From Sainsbury’s “This is pretty much an assembly job, but like a retro trifle, it pushes all the feel-good buttons.” Serves: 10recipe Preparation time:...
Spiced Lamb Burgers with Chinese Steamed Buns – recipe
At last the summer is here. We don’t have guaranteed good weather in the UK so when we have warm days we want to make...
Sichuan Cookery by Fuchsia Dunlop – review
I had never been a great Chinese food aficionado. I didn’t know enough about the subject to make informed choices when confronted by a Chinese...