Restaurants: Tastes: Terry Pratchett's favourite restaurant

"Discworld" chronicler Terry Pratchett (right) has no time for the "sundried squid" school of cooking. He prefers the food at The Castleman Hotel in Chettle (nr Blandford, Dorset: 01258 830096), a short drive from his home.

"We're not in pesto country down here. We're talking real food. They do a superb line in lemon-meringue ice-cream. We know now to look at the sweets when we order, on the basis that they might be gone later on. They do incredibly good vegetables and very good fish - I'm big on fish."

Terry Pratchett's latest Discworld novel, `Carpe Jugulum', is published by Doubleday at pounds 16.99