Oysters are a great slimming food
	2:45pm Fri 26 Sep 08
	OYSTERS are in season. Those well-known, yet frequently avoided, edible creatures that are more often than not eaten as nature made them rather than being shown a pan.

	Pistachio and Chocolate Trifle
	2:20pm Fri 19 Sep 08
	When you think of a dessert thats quintessentially British, there are a few that come to mind.

	Wood pigeon salad
	4:14pm Fri 12 Sep 08
	I WOULD like to bet that the vast majority of people reading this column have never served wood pigeon at home. But why not?

	Kedgeree
	1:29pm Fri 5 Sep 08
	A HINDI dish of rice or lentils combined with meat or fish is known as khichri.

	Braised ox tongue with bacon and peas
	2:24pm Fri 29 Aug 08
	WHEN we think of offal, we think of glands and organs - whereas most of what we consider "meat"

	Poached salmon with a salad of watercress, oranges and pine nuts
	1:42pm Fri 22 Aug 08
	THIS weeks recipe is for a fresh salad to match our occasional sunny days. Nice and simple, it makes a super light lunch, supper or picnic dish.

	Gooseberry fool
	3:02pm Fri 15 Aug 08
	According to the dictionary, when it comes to food, a gfoolh is a dish made of fruit, scalded or stewed, crushed and mixed with cream or the like. I happen to have heard that itfs also someone who becomes a restaurateur but thatfs another subject.

	Summer pudding
	2:22pm Fri 8 Aug 08
	THIS weeks recipe, and dont be put off by the seasons general weather, is for the classic English summer dessert, summer pudding.

	Heritage potato salad
	12:03pm Fri 1 Aug 08
	THIS weeks recipe is a summer starter or light lunch and uses truffle oil and anchovies to provide the main flavours but is a very simple dish. All that needs cooking are the potatoes.

	Salmon with new potatoes and beetroot pesto
	12:23pm Fri 25 Jul 08
	THIS weeks recipe uses a beetroot pesto as its sauce.

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