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Yoghurt cake brings a taste of spring

11:52am Friday 19th March 2010

THIS is one of the lightest and freshest desserts you can think of. And somehow just making and eating it reminds me that spring is just around the corner.

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Cooking from scratch can almost beat the microwave

2:35pm Friday 12th March 2010

LIKE many celebrity chefs before him, Anthony Worrall Thompson is on a mission to show the nation how easy it is to cook.

Mince with leek dumpling and peppery swede mash

2:38pm Friday 5th March 2010

SPRING may be on its way but we still need warming winter dishes, whether eating at home or in restaurants.

Pan-fried salmon, crab-crushed potatoes, beetroot and lemon grass

2:25pm Friday 26th February 2010

By Stephen Hardy, Gourmet Spot, Durham.

Cullen skink with a poached egg

3:02pm Friday 19th February 2010

THIS week’s recipe is technically a soup but could be a meal in itself; a fish and potato dish that gets its name from the fishing village of Cullen, in Morayshire.

Mustard glazed salmon with lemon and rocket

3:18pm Friday 12th February 2010

ROMANTICALLY-themed restaurant menus, overpriced red roses and a room filled with cooing couples can drain the romance out of any Valentine’s Day dinner.

Salad of seared pork and black pudding

2:45pm Friday 5th February 2010

BLACK pudding – some people love it and the rest haven’t tried it.

Roast duck breast, butter roast potatoes and red cabbage - by Stephen Hardy, of Gourmet Spot

2:28pm Friday 29th January 2010

Serves 4 Butter roast potatoes

Fillet of salmon with roasted beetroot

2:25pm Friday 22nd January 2010

HAVE you ever cooked beetroot?

Woolton Pie

1:59pm Friday 15th January 2010

Back-to-basics chef adopts rational approach to cooking.