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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.

Chestnut and parsnip soup

1:44pm Friday 8th January 2010

In need of a little soothing but not challenging food following the feasting festival?