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The 10 best party foods
Wednesday 28 December 2011
If you’ve slaved over a hot stove this Christmas, these ready-made bites are a treat for hosts as well as guests
Provence: 'Tis the season of the truffle
Saturday 24 December 2011
In deep midwinter, southern France entices a gourmet gathering
Russell Norman: 'I find something really therapeutic about making risotto'
Sunday 11 December 2011
My earliest food memory...Marmite sandwiches on sliced white bread. I used to press the bread down to the thickness of a coin, and I remember that really lovely transformation of texture from fluffy white bread to something quite dense and getting that little salty hit in the middle.
A Little of What you Fancy, 464 Kingsland Road, London E8
Friday 09 December 2011
Finding new Dalston restaurant A Little of What You Fancy is a bit of a challenge.
Mark Hix's pintade au vin
Saturday 19 November 2011
In France, cooking a coq au vin is part of the national heritage – you just walk into your local butcher's and pop a coq in your basket. In this country, the dish doesn't translate so well – apart from anything else it isn't easy to find a cock bird. The point of using a cock bird for coq au vin is that the meat is a bit tougher, tastes better and is perfect for long, slow cooking so that the wine flavour permeates the dish.
Wild thing: Mark Hix's delicious mushroom recipes
Saturday 03 September 2011
You don't need to be a forager to make the most of mushroom season
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What, let gays get married? We must be bonkers
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Rocky Horror star Tim Curry 'suffers major stroke'
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Exclusive: How MI5 blackmails British Muslims
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EDL marches on Newcastle as attacks on Muslims increase tenfold in the wake of Woolwich machete attack which killed Drummer Lee Rigby
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Farewell, Shameless. Your heirs have work to do
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