When the Olympic flame was lit in Athens at the start of the games it rekindled a passion for all things Greek from Nana Mouskouri to [...]

RecipesSpicy Apple ChutneyPlum SauceCompote of Plums – Poached PlumsNormandy Pear or Apple TartApricot GlazePoached Pears Bramley Apple SauceThis is a fantastic year for fruit – the best for maybe 10 years. In the orchard the trees are groaning with fruit, there’s a huge crop of apples and plums and although the pears are not quite [...]

RecipesGluten – Free Strawberry Sponge CakeGluten-free Chocolate and Raspberry TorteLemon Fudge Cake Poppyseed and Lemon MuffinsBanana Cardamon CakeMummy’s Sweet White SconesFruit SconesRemember those carefree bygone days when one always kept ‘something in the tin’, just in case some friends dropped by. In country houses the table was religiously laid for tea every afternoon at 4.30, [...]

RecipesMORROCAN CARROT FRITTERSNORTH AFRICAN PUMPKIN SALAD WITH GARLIC, CHILLI AND CARAWAY (antipasti)SHALLOT TARTE TATINLAMB TAGINE JEWELLED COUSCOUSCOOKIES AND CREAM CHEESECAKEButtered CourgettesWe’ve just had a highly entertaining and inspirational few days here at the cookery school with the flamboyant, irreverent and completely irrepressible TV chef Antony Worrall Thompson. It was Antony’s fourth visit to the school. [...]