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Recipe: Roast leg of lamb with garlic and anchovies
I’m going to take this opportunity to say that lamb occupies an overrated position in the culinary calendar when you consider the...


Recipe: Beautiful Roast Chicken (including trussing your bird), with jus
There really are few greater things that a well roasted chicken. On a recent episode of the Kitchen Cabinet, a member of the audience...


Recipe: Spaghetti Vongole—an Italian classic, simple and elegant
This is a recipe that is distinguished for its elegance and simplicity, a classic spring and summer dish from Italy. True to Italian food...


Recipe: Provençal Fish Stew
This delightful stew is fresh and bright, perfect for a spring or summer lunch served with a dollop of homemade mayonnaise and crusty...

Recipe: Dark chocolate and vanilla parfait, with caramelised pecans—a Valentine's Day treat!
Parfait is quite close to ice cream, but to call it ice cream does it a disservice (like calling a Concorde a passenger jet)—it is far...


Food and friends
An old friend was coming over for dinner, so I consulted my copy of Larousse Gastronomique—the veritable bible of cooking, which weighs...

![Recipe: Broccoli soup, with roquefort—a warming winter soup [vegetarian option]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/292358_d456fadfd0454eedbc969c5dafd7bed1~mv2_d_2448_2448_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_560,h_560,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/292358_d456fadfd0454eedbc969c5dafd7bed1~mv2_d_2448_2448_s_4_2.webp)
Recipe: Broccoli soup, with roquefort—a warming winter soup [vegetarian option]
Broccoli was, for a long time, a vegetable that I really struggled with. My memories of it were filled with sad, overcooked, plain boiled...

![Recipe: Individual lemon meringue pots—or cheat's lemon meringue pie! [Vegetarian, easy, light]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/H-6Mo4q5DbI/mqdefault.jpg)
Recipe: Individual lemon meringue pots—or cheat's lemon meringue pie! [Vegetarian, easy, light]
A really good lemon meringue pie should have a nice biscuity pastry base, topped with a really tangy lemon filling and sweet, cloud-like...


Recipe: Crêpes with parma ham, asparagus and hollandaise—perfect for supper or as a starter.
Hollandaise sauce has gone out of fashion somewhat, partly because it is seen as something of a faff to make, when really it is quite...
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