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David Flatman: Summer's here, so it's time to start worrying about relaxation
Sunday 27 May 2012
From the Front Row: I hold my breath as I walk past cake shops, in case there are calories in the air that will implant themselves in my midriff
Dairy Crest's first loss as deliveries drop
Friday 25 May 2012
The drop in demand for home milk deliveries and supermarket competition has caused Dairy Crest to post its first annual loss as a public company, after a £81.7m writedown.
My life in food: Thierry Muret, chocolatier
Friday 25 May 2012
Godiva Chocolates, founded in Brussels in 1926, is known for its upmarket milk chocolate. Since 1988, Thierry Muret, a trained chemist as well as chocolatier, has been its development chef. The latest Godiva boutique opens today in Harrods in London.
The 10 Best summer cookbooks
Friday 25 May 2012
Whether you're after a recipe for a spectacular salad or a brilliant barbecue, these have tasty ideas
Milk Link and Arla plan £2bn merger
Tuesday 22 May 2012
Around 1,600 farmers are set to join one of Europe's biggest dairy co-operatives in a deal that will pool nearly a quarter of UK milk production.
Buckwheat galette with ham and cheese
Sunday 20 May 2012
Serves 4 (2 galettes each; remaining galettes can be refrigerated and used within 2 days, or frozen)
Peter Gilmore: 'Congee – Chinese rice porridge – is great hangover food'
Sunday 20 May 2012
Kitchen confidential
Lisa Markwell: Why I still want people to come dine with me
Friday 18 May 2012
Surveying the dirty dishes and streaky glasses after a midweek dinner party, it would be easy to agree with the YouGov survey announced yesterday that 40 per cent of us can't face the hassle or expense. After a dash home from work to tidy up and throw together a shepherds pie (I always forget the homespun end result comes from laborious preparation), by 10.30pm I'm wishing my guests would bugger off so I could go to bed. Then there's the clearing up ...
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