This months wine selection comes from Roger England of WineHound.co.uk. Here’s a fabulous award-winning wine to accompany the Spring lamb & chickpea stew recipe. Riojas are renowned for matching sweet, juicy flavours of many lamb dishes and the Azabache Crianza 2008 (£9.95) does this perfectly. A soft, mellow red made from the local Tempranillo, Garnacha [...]

I must admit I’ve never eaten an onion tart but Raymond Blanc’s looks very tasty indeed. I’m not sure I would be able to chop that many onions without crying but the smell as they cook in his pastry case along with the crème fraîche and bacon lardon mixture is sure to make anyone’s mouth [...]

Making your own flavoured oil to use as a dressing or as a marinade doesn’t have to be daunting. Why buy a shop bought one at great expense when it’s much cheaper to create your own special blend? You can infuse oil with just about anything but I’ve listed below some basics to get your [...]

The sun has made a very welcome appearance this weekend, temperatures are rising and the markets are full of great veggies. Lettuce is making a welcome return along with green beans and fresh local garlic. With the sun comes ideas of great salads and great dressings. Hopefully you are buying your fresh salad components from your local [...]

This week we will featuring recipes from Paul Hollywood. A man famous for bread, he started his career as a baker working for his father. It seems cooking is in the family blood as his grandfather worked as a head baker for a hotel. He now runs his own artisanal bread baking company. Recently he was [...]