Sunday Roast by Clarissa Dickson Wright – review
Clarissa Dickson Wright and Johnny Scott have produced quite a unique book, Sunday Roast. It’s the complete guide to cooking and carving and just about...
Desserts by Mary Berry – review
Mary Berry is one of those few cooks who has remained current and popular despite the fads and fashions of the fickle food industry. Mary...
English Bread and Yeast Cookery by Elizabeth David – review
Perhaps bread has always been a comfort food. We welcome the day with a slice of hot toast dripping with butter, if we are lucky....
Jamie Oliver’s Great Britain – review
Jamie Oliver is the most successful chef in Great Britain. He graces our small screens continually and his TV series show us the idiosyncrasies of...
The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook – review
Doubtless you would have watched these lads on UK TV. If you are a lover of good food you would have watched them; if you...
Ramsbury Single Estate Gin
From Farm to Glass Ramsbury is a farm with a distillery. It lives on 19,000 acres of land on the Ramsbury estate, with the grain-milling...
Blue Aurora Ice Wine
Blue Aurora was born at Lutton Farm. It’s family-run on the border between Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. A lovely part of the country, and the land...
Sloane Place – Dinner with Asian Accents
Cosy fine dining on Lower Sloane Street My dear reader would have doubtless noticed my previous article on Sloane Place a couple of weeks ago....
Charlie and Ivy’s Bread Dippers
Dipper Tasting Set It will soon be Father’s Day and that comes with the usual dilemma: What to buy? It was socks last year. He...
Hampshire Cheese Company – the aroma of excellence
Hampshire Cheese Company is an award-winning artisan cheesemaker which can give any continental competitor a run for its €. The company has joined those producing...
Sharpham Cheese – Garlic and Chive, Brie and Ticklemore
I could live without chocolate; I could live without wine (but I wouldn’t want to); and I could live without hair colour; but I could...
Sharpham Cheese – Garlic and Chive and Brie
I could live without chocolate; I could live without wine (but I wouldn’t want to); and I could live without hair colour; but I could...
Sharpham Cheeses
Sharpham Cheese – Garlic and Chive I could live without chocolate; I could live without wine (but I wouldn’t want to); and I could live...
Picnic with the Cheddar Gorge Cheese Company
The Cheddar Gorge Cheese Company produces the only Cheddar actually made in Cheddar these days. That might not sound anything much to shout about …but...
Willow and Stone White Wine from Kingsland – product review
Here is another light wine from Kingsland. Willow and Stone White Wine is bound to have popular appeal with those who are not normally wine...
Matt Tebbutt Cooks Country – review
Many of you will recognise this young chef as one of the presenters of UKTV’s Market Kitchen where he introduces the audience to a raft...
Willow & Stone Sparkling Rosé from Kingsland – drinks review
Willow & Stone Sparkling Rosé British wine is selling at £4.99 and has 8.5% alcohol, so a light-in-every-way alternative to more robust traditional wines. It...
The Garden House Restaurant, Leatherhead – review
This truly is a ‘garden’ house with the intimate character of a cosy cottage. (Read more about the Garden House here.) It’s part of the...
Lancashire Hot Pot
From BBC Food The Hairy Bikers’ slow-cooked classic Lancashire hot pot is perfect for a hearty, family meal. Ingredients 2 tbsp olive oil...
The Hedgerow Cookbook by Wild at Heart – review
It’s a tradition, still, for many of us. We await the arrival of blackberries, we collect elderflowers, we are entranced by the perfume of wild...