Wash, peel and slice your potatoes lengthways, so that you have a selection of thickish oval discs
Pat any excess water dry on kitchen towel
Rub the bottom of an oven proof baking dish with garlic butter
Layer the potatoes in the dish, seasoning between layers as you go, and adding a sprig of fresh rosemary to every [...]

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As it’s going local month, and I’m kind of evangelical about going local anyway, I thought we’d go with lamb last night. In South Africa, Karoo lamb is considered the best, and indeed it has a unique flavour due to its diet. Here in Somerset, the best lamb I ever had was one which was [...]

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Take one large whole portabello mushroom per person.
Saute or cook in the oven (10-15 minutes @180*C) with garlic butter, fresh thyme and seasoning
The mushrooms should soak up the melting butter, but don’t ass more, add instead a generous splash of white wine. You can use red but this will make an already dish even richer.
Once [...]

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The one week of summer weather allocated to England this year has been and gone. The evenings are a little nippier, and sunset is a little earlier, sunrise a little later, thank goodness. No more being awakened by the dawn chorus at not quite 4.00am. No more bellowing at daybreak by the dopey cow who [...]

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There is something irresistable about eating al fresco. Like being at the beach always makes me hungrier, eating outside makes everything taste infinitely more delicious. Somehow, barbecues always feel like a lot less work and a lot more fun.

Perhaps I’m too busy anticipating that first too-hot bite when the flavours of sun and wind [...]

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