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Posted at 2:10pm Monday 13th February 2012
Last minute Valentine's gifts? Make these chocolates!
Not had time to to get your loved one a present for Valentine's Day? Object to buying them anyway? Here's a round up of some easy and not-too-expensive chocolate recipes that are sure to win you some brownie points...
Posted at 1:38pm Thursday 24th March 2011
Stocking the freezer: any tips?
A NOT-so-secret secret; in two weeks time I'm heading off on maternity leave* and right now, I need some foodie help.
Posted at 1:01pm Friday 18th March 2011
Ahoy, Masterchef makers: vegetarian food's not THAT tricky
Now, as regular readers of the Taste blog will know, I’m a big fan of Masterchef, in all its forms. I even really like the new-look- re-vamped, Aussie-d up version. But what on earth was up with that veggie challenge this week?
Posted at 2:20pm Wednesday 23rd February 2011
Masterchef... for me, it's a maybe
So. It’s tonight. The proof of the new-look Masterchef pudding, the moment we can see whether the gilded bowl holds a mighty chocolate fondant or just a garage forecourt muffin.
Posted at 9:11am Friday 28th January 2011
Wanted: your best marmalade recipes
I came back from the shops yesterday with a kilo of Seville oranges for marmalade making purposes.
Posted at 11:36am Wednesday 19th January 2011
It's Michelin time of year again...
IF you care about these things you'll probably already know that our two local Michelin star restaurants retained their honours in the 2011 Michelin guide.
Posted at 12:56pm Monday 17th January 2011
Has the Big Fish Fight changed your life? Well, here's some good news
WHAT with Hugh's millions of tonnes of dead fish, Gordon's piles of sharks killed for their fins, Jamie's recipes for fish you can't buy in the shops and the Dispatches programme this weekend on how your local supermarket's "fresh fish" really isn't, it would be very easy to just resign yourself to never eating the stuff again.
Posted at 12:50pm Thursday 13th January 2011
Why everyone should join Hugh's Big Fish Fight
FISH. Not an animal generally associated with great passion or emotion. But you'd have to be made of stone not to have been moved by this week's Hugh's Fish Fight.
Posted at 11:43am Monday 3rd January 2011
What's your food resolution for 2011?
I'VE never really been one for New Year's Resolutions - January can be bleak enough with giving up something you love - but as this week's Taste proves, food resolutions don't have to be about deprivation.
Posted at 12:15pm Saturday 11th December 2010
What's for tea?
IT's the weekend, and we can't decide what to have for tea to accompany the reality TV fest that is the Strictly semi final and X Factor final.
Posted at 8:30am Tuesday 7th December 2010
What's your perfect cup of tea?
ACCORDING to VisitBritain, the world’s perfect cup of tea is Earl Grey with milk, no sugar.
Posted at 4:06pm Wednesday 1st December 2010
Mulled wine: love or loathe?
YOU don't need me to tell you that it's COLD outside. And at times like these, with snow ever present but never actually materialising and glowing cheeks on every other advert on the tellybox, people start to think about mulled wine.
Posted at 3:24pm Monday 29th November 2010
Chestnuts: the most hideous ingredient ever?
Normally, as I upload recipes for our Taste section on a Monday, I find myself mentally earmarking at least two for future reference - like last week's slow-cooked lamb for example, or the tomato soup with pesto cream.
Posted at 3:30pm Friday 19th November 2010
The big debate: mince pies
They're the quintessential Christmas snack - but where are the best ones?
Posted at 3:43pm Monday 15th November 2010
Christmas cake: bake, buy or run screaming for the hills?
ONE of the (many) things I love about Christmas is the food - those things you can only really eat in December because they just don't taste right the rest of year.
Posted at 11:30am Wednesday 10th November 2010
Take one chef, one living room and three courses of South American food
Fancy a night at a pop-up restaurant run by one of the brains behind Cafe Boscanova's menus and Poole's Las Margaritas?
Posted at 2:50pm Thursday 7th October 2010
Sausages: how much meat is enough?
We're sure you all saw or have heard about this week's Apprentice, which featured the making and selling of sausages.
Posted at 5:34pm Thursday 22nd July 2010
Berries, fat, sugar: the perfect combination?
THIS post here, about a raspberry gratin, is enough to make your mouth water.
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