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Darina Allen: 'If I was on a desert island, I'd want the nostalgia of champ'
Sunday 25 March 2012
My earliest food memory... My mother baking her own soda bread, which she would do as part of her everyday routine. I remember being just old enough to see up over the table and watching her quick and light hand movements as she worked. She would always give me a little bit of dough to make my own cistín, or "little cake", and I would cut a cross in it as she did, then prick the four corners to let the fairies out. That is very important; otherwise the fairies will jinx your bread.
Tom & Henry Herbert: 'I thought you had to chop up mint with a knife and fork'
Sunday 05 February 2012
My earliest food memory...
Great Scotch! Manchester's take on the Scotch egg has become a snack sensation
Saturday 19 November 2011
What do you get if you cross black pudding, sausage meat and secret seasoning with a humble pickled egg? Only the finest new export from Manchester...
Vinegar poisoned with antifreeze kills 11 Chinese at Ramadan meal
Tuesday 23 August 2011
China's appalling food safety record came under the spotlight again yesterday when vinegar tainted with antifreeze was blamed for the death of 11 people at a Ramadan meal.
Dressed to thrill: Mark Hix celebrates late summer with his inspired salad recipes
Saturday 20 August 2011
Salads can so often be deadly dull without any thought being put into them. But having a few simple, well thought out salads on the table for people to share is always welcome and means that you can help yourself to as much or as little as you like. So this week I am giving you recipes for delicious, simple, late-summer salads that you can get ready in advance and then assemble with the dressing just before serving. The key is to make sure you have really good-quality ingredients. A long, relaxed, drawn-out summery lunch is hard to beat, especially when the weather behaves and you can sit outside in the sunshine.
Around the world in 80 dishes No. 60: Tuna with red onion, tomato and sweet vinegar
Thursday 18 August 2011
Ingredients to serve 4
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