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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...

![Recipe: Thai winter soup [vegan]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/292358_f50597e80bf8471b8f23a41fcf17fe5f~mv2_d_2443_2443_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_560,h_560,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/292358_f50597e80bf8471b8f23a41fcf17fe5f~mv2_d_2443_2443_s_4_2.webp)
Recipe: Thai winter soup [vegan]
This recipe started life as a curry in the offing, but then it was snowing outside and I thought what better than a really warming and...

![Recipe: Hung Shao style pork [easy]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/292358_1d34e0d5155f4fe38db69ba3d10d330e~mv2_d_2367_2367_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_560,h_560,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/292358_1d34e0d5155f4fe38db69ba3d10d330e~mv2_d_2367_2367_s_2.webp)
Recipe: Hung Shao style pork [easy]
Many cheaper cuts of meat are wrongfully neglected in our cooking because they tend to regarded as unpleasantly fatty or difficult to...

![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: Sautéed plum and pecan salad [Vegan]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/292358_32cc2c1edb2c48df888663fe5d2dce2a~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_32cc2c1edb2c48df888663fe5d2dce2a~mv2_d_2448_2448_s_4_2.webp)
Recipe: Sautéed plum and pecan salad [Vegan]
Fruits work so well in salads, don't be put off by the idea of combining sweet with savoury. This is a brilliant warming salad for a cold...


Walking through a painting...
It was one of those really beautiful days—the clouds hung low and heavy in the sky, obscuring the view of Montmatre from my window, but...
![Recipe: Fragrant tabouleh with mixed vegetables [vegan]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/292358_2fa0f547362e4885846ffd892b2c88fe~mv2_d_2368_1340_s_2.png/v1/fill/w_560,h_317,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/292358_2fa0f547362e4885846ffd892b2c88fe~mv2_d_2368_1340_s_2.webp)
Recipe: Fragrant tabouleh with mixed vegetables [vegan]
Tabouleh is a North African/Middle Eastern dish consisting mostly of parsley and bulgar wheat—a near relative of cous-cous—it makes a...

Recipe: Welsh Rarebit, my way—proper cheese on toast!
Welsh Rarebit has fallen somewhat out of fashion, perhaps because people remember it as a slimy, heavy affair not really dissimilar to...
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