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Christmas is the next bank holiday, so I have started to think about the things that I enjoy in the winter. Many coffee ...

Courgettes and Tomatoes are still in very good supply in my garden, so I decide to re-visit an old favourite for dinner ...

Now that we are in September, it seems that the summer has returned... I had some belly pork slices in the fridge so I d ...

I still have more tomatoes than I can eat, so today I got my trusty "Master" Tomato-Press out and made some passata. Met ...

One of the things that I remember from my childhood is the piccalilli that my Grandmother always had in the house. Recen ...

The gazpacho didn't use up all of my tomatoes, so I will shortly be making one of my favourite chutneys - Red Tomato Chu ...

Several of my recipes require a spiced white vinegar - this is a recipe that is best prepared several months in advance, ...

I still have a glut of tomatoes so I was trying to think of other recipes that I could prepare to use some of them. Sudd ...

Yesterday I was in Oxford so I visited Hayman's Fishmongers in the Covered Market. I was pleased to see that they had fr ...

This year I grew an F1 hybrid cucumber that produced an abundant supply of smallish (4-6 inch) delicious cucumbers. I co ...

I was watching What to Eat Now a few weeks ago and Valentine Warner made what looked like the most glorious Apricot upsi ...

All my vegetables are in full swing now, and at the moment I have a glut of tomatoes. A few weeks ago I picked up a dehy ...