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pork-cider

Slow Cooked Pork Short Ribs in Cider

After a Vietnamese lunch today I popped across the road to the Vietnamese butcher for some meat for dinner. The pork short ribs are a favourite of mine – there’s plenty of meat on them interspersed with layers of succulent …

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PeaRisotto

Pea Risotto

When it's made properly, risotto is one of the wonders of the World. It;'s one of my favourite things to eat - and one of the simplest things

lambpilaf

Lamb Pilaf

I was in the mood for something hearty and warming today. I was feeling the onset of a cold, so needed something that was going to make me

chickolives

Chicken with Olives and Garlic

This French inspired dish is one of the tastiest things I've eaten in ages. Really simple and pretty quick too - it was success all round when I

yellowbeetrootsalad

Yellow Beetroot, Radish and Lentil Salad

I happened upon yellow beetroot today at the supermarket - the previous week, at a rather fancy eatery in Las Vegas I had eaten a delicious beet salad

tripolinafunga

Tripolina Lunga with Smoked Salmon, Rocket & Peas

Tripolina Lunga is a thick cut pasta with frilled edges - I have no idea what it means but knowing the Italians it means something like "hair of

rabbitragu

Rabbit Ragu with Rigatoni

Tonight was a very special dish, featuring one of my favourite meats, rabbit. It has a beautiful, delicate flavour and works excellently when slowly braised to create a

puylentils

Puy Lentils

Tonight I decided to have my first BBQ of the year - the sun had been shining all day and I had three mosquito bites, so I knew

Cabbage with Pancetta - Cook Eat Blog.

Cabbage with Pancetta

Cabbage gets a raw deal. Granted, it can produce the foulest smelling excretions known to man, but it is also one of the tastiest vegetables ever. Fact. I

Rabbit Liver Pâté - Cook Eat Blog

Rabbit Liver Pâté

I am a recent covert to the delights of pâté - for so long I turned my nose up when I was offered any. How time's have changed,

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