If there’s ever leftovers from a Sunday roast, just try and stop me making bubble and squeak. This is proper Autumn grub, with apples, cider, pork… just the kind of thing I could eat all season long. The pork here comes from Farmer’s Choice, a lovely butcher’s providing excellent meat delivered to your door. Pork chops with bubble & squeak […]
Read moreI had a tremendous lunch at Cathy’s the other week, featuring a millionaire shortbread trifle and an unctuous confit chicken leg. The star of it for me though was a creamy chorizo and butter bean stew, a rich and textured dish spiked with tht lovely Spanish sausage. It’s one taken from Jason Atherton’s Gourmet Food for a Fiver book and it’s absolutely […]
Read moreAnother weekend, another slow-cooker recipe. Another from delicious magazine, this rich, soupy casserole certainly packs flavour. But is it too intense? A little oily, but certainly filling. Creamy pot-roast chicken: 6 rashers streaky bacon, cut into lardons 8 chicken pieces (I used a mixture of thighs and drumsticks) 2 tablespoons flour 1 onion, sliced 200g baby onions, peeled 3 garlic […]
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The Trouble With Jessica is a dark comedy starring Sarah Henderson and Alan Tudyk as dinner party hosts Sarah and Tom entertaining old friends. Old wounds are laid bare and the night takes an abrupt turn when Jessica (Indira Varma) commits suicide after an argument. Despite the pitch-black opening, what follows is more of a farce of trying to hide […]
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