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Food 2021 – The Great British Chefs Cookbook Club (The Pie Room by Calum Franklin; Moorish by Ben Tish)

Sunday, 31st January 2021 – Recipes (The Ultimate Fish Pie; Slow-Cooked Fish and Shellfish Stew with Saffron and Star Anise) At the start of the month it was announced that we could cook from any of the books that have been the previous books of the month. As a result I just kept right on…

Food 2020 – The Great British Chefs Cookbook Club (The Pie Room by Calum Franklin Part 1)

Friday 31st December, 2020 – Recipes (Keema-Spiced Cottage Pie; Moroccan-Spiced Beetroot and Squash Wellington; Beef, Stilton and Onion Pie) December’s book for the Great British Chefs Cookbook Club could not have been more perfect for the time of year and the general state of things. Sometimes you want comfort food, and what is more comforting…

Food 2020 – The Great British Chefs Cookbook Club (Masala by Mallika Basu – Part 2)

Monday 16th November, 2020 – Recipes (Chilli Cheese Toast, Gosht Dopiaza, Mango Kulfi, Mughlai Murgh Mussallam, Sabzi Pulao) After the first weekend of November I knew I needed to return to this book and test out some more recipes. I’ve been looking for things that are very quick and easy to do, or that can…

Food 2020 – Recipes (Stuffed Mushrooms; Salt-Baked Beetroot with Whipped Ricotta, Apple and Hazelnut; Roast Squash and Plums in Garlic, Ginger and Chilli)

October 2020 – Recipes (Stuffed Mushrooms; Salt-Baked Beetroot with Whipped Ricotta, Apple and Hazelnut; Roast Squash and Plums in Garlic, Ginger and Chilli) The thing about the new normal is that I end up with all sorts of unexpected vegetables in the weekly fruit and vegetable box I get to save me having to trek…

Food 2020 – The Great British Chefs Cookbook Club (Masala by Mallika Basu – Part 1)

Saturday 31st October, 2020 – Recipes (Sikandari Raan, Naan, Baingan Aloo, Zafrani Aloo) October was incredibly difficult (what with the major building work and the house being in total turmoil), so after the first shot at cooking from October’s book from the Great British Chefs Cookbook Club, I lost interest in trying anything complicated as…

Food 2020 – Recipes (Pappardelle with Hare, Red Wine and Cacao Ragù)

Sunday 11th October, 2020 – Recipes (Pappardelle with Hare, Red Wine and Cacao Ragù) I will always buy hare when I can lay hands on it, and in addition to making a splendid jugged hare recipe, I’m keen to do other thing with what can be a somewhat overpowering meat if you don’t treat it…

Food 2020 – The Great British Chefs Cookbook Club (Under the Olive Tree by Irini Tzortzoglou)

Saturday 3rd/Sunday 4th October, 2020 – Recipes (Moussaka, Griddled Courgette Ribbons with Crumbled Feta and a Mint Lemon Dressing, Brother Yiorgos’s Field Mushrooms with Smoked Vinegar Pork Sausage) After a couple of months missing in action (I really didn’t fancy the August book – Cook for Charity – though I bought it to make a…

Food 2020 – Banquist #008, Thomas Frake

Saturday 26th September, 2020 – Banquist #008, Thomas Frake So after a series of “just lob it in the oven at 180°C” meals, I decided it was time to try out the September offering from Banquist. You may note, if you click on the link to their website, that they do say they “teach you…

Food 2020 – Recipes (German Plum Cake, German Apple Cake)

Saturday 12th September/Saurday 19th September, 2020 – Recipes (German Plum Cake, German Apple Cake) About 18 months ago I thought I’d found the perfect recipe for a German-style plum cake and I made a post about it with the intention of giving it a go if I couldn’t access the German Bakery on their van’s…

Food 2020 – Haar at Home (Goan Lobster Box)

Saturday 12th September, 2020 – Haar at Home (Goan Lobster Box) After a lobster box from Côte, it was time to wheel out the big guns in September with a box from Haar. This is a restaurant in Scotland, headed up by Dean Banks, a former Masterchef finalist, who opened the restaurant a year ago….