Bournemouth Echo | Features

Follow the Watercress Soup Diet

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:54:05 +0000

EVERY January around eight out of ten women begin the battle of the bulge and resolve to get healthy, according to the NHS.

Make cooking fun for you and the kids

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000

MISSHAPEN cupcakes, glitter encrusted cookies and a kitchen covered in flour. When children are involved, nothing ever looks quite like it does in the picture.

Delia Smith: 'I use my own cookbook to help me plan Christmas dinner'

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:00:00 +0000

She’s the person so many cooks turn to for practical, encouraging advice – especially at Christmas. Here Delia Smith explains why this time of year is so important to her – and why she won’t be trying Christmas in the Caribbean again...

How to carve your Christmas turkey

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:13:32 +0000

CARVING the turkey is a major cause of stress at the Christmas dinner table and brings fear to thousands of dads across the UK, according to new research.

Get into the festive spirit with Christmas cupcakes

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:00:04 +0000

WITH a few weeks to go until Christmas, what better way to feel festive than to spend a day decorating Christmas Cupcakes, with a little help from Rachel Filmer of Let’s Make Cupcakes?

Cookbooks to buy the foodie in your life this Christmas

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:49:12 +0000

What could be better than a cookbook for Christmas for a keen foodie? With so many on the shelves, here is our round-up the best of the bunch for amateur chefs of varying ability

Middle Eastern cooking makes vegetables more exciting

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:14:29 +0000

ORDERING some soya milk from her Iranian husband Jamshid to complete her decaf tea, flame-haired Sally Butcher settles into the battered sofa of her Persian food shop’s tiny office.

Med marvels

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:14:08 +0000

SURELY there's nothing left to learn about the Mediterranean's sunkissed food culture?

Sweet charity

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:32:36 +0000

HERE’S some food for thought if you want to treat yourself and support a good local cause at the same time.

How to have a spook-tacular Halloween party

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:15:16 +0000

Cast a spell over your friends this Hallowe’en. Eccentric party organiser Polly Betton shows you how to turn this grave celebration into a grown-up feast