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an Autumn feast
Autumn. It’s when we come over all ‘season of mists’ as the final leaves fall from the trees and the mornings start to have a distinct chill to them. As we approach the end of November, summer and...
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mackerel, fennel, pomegranate
Mackerel may not be regarded as the most luxurious of fish – it’s not rare, delicate, or expensive – but that’s no reason not to put it centre stage. With its wonderful appearance – especially when...
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roast mallard, red wine pears, celeriac, wild mushrooms
There are roasts, and then there are game roasts. With the game season now in full swing, it’s the time to to put aside your usual roast meats in favour of something more seasonal and, frankly, more...
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apple, butternut squash, ginger, and cobnut trifle
After a couple of hearty courses, the thought of a hefty pudding often defeats me. But a trifle… well, a trifle can always tempt me! At this time of year, though, it seems fitting to make a version...
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chocolate truffle-stuffed figs, quince comfits
Winter, and especially Christmas, feasts demand a special note on which to end. It is, after all, the season in which we burn off a few more calories as our bodies try to keep warm, so the occasional...
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wild mushroom and cob nut galette
With all the upcoming Christmas festivities in prospect, it’s time to make sure that everyone’s catered for. Delicious in its own right, but particularly perfect for a non meat-eater at Christmas,...
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‘haggis and neeps’
If I had to live anywhere other than Kent, the chances are that it would be Scotland. I lived there for a year back in the nineties, and came close to moving there 5 years ago. There’s something about...
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Kentish Pan Cake
Pancakes have long been a British favourite, and certainly ever since the first cookbooks started being published on these shores. Hannah Glasse, arguably the first ‘proper’ English recipe writer,...
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blood orange curd
It’s 1 March, and supposedly the first day of Spring. But yet the cold, grey, and damp weather persists here, and it seems a very long time ago that we enjoyed a spell of sunshine and warmth. But in...
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Kentish Lenten pie
As Easter approaches, many people look forward to the end of Lent – the period during which, traditionally, we deny ourselves a favourite luxury as an act of penitence and in remembrance of the forty...
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marrow fritter, flatleaf parsley, shallots
A wonderful new food magazine, Saffron, acted as a timely reminder for me to stop procrastinating and to get on and write this post. Published for the first time last week, Saffron is a meticulously...
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lovage love, part 1
There are many things in this life that I don’t understand, but one that truly baffles me is how the ancient and majestic lovage ever became a ‘forgotten’ herb. So often I mention it to people and...
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a summer’s supperclub: @emwilco in Ickham
Take a 100-year old village hall, in the heart of the Kentish countryside, at the end of a June day. Add some tables, chairs, crisp white linen, and freshly cut garden flowers. Chill a few bottles of...
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a late summer gooseberry tart
We’ve had such wonderful weather over the past couple of months that I’ve spent as much of my time as possible outside, and my cooking and baking has been limited mainly to necessity and to friends’...
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blackberry and almond ‘torte’
While we may still be basking in wonderfully warm and sunny late August days, Autumn is nevertheless slowly a-creeping up on us. The nights are noticeably cooler, and the morning air is distinctly...
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a ‘receipt’ for damson wine
Two years ago, shortly after I moved back to Kent, we were enjoying a late summer and early autumn rich with hedgerow fruit. I picked so much, it was hard to imagine that I would ever witness a more...
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hake, white pudding, beans
We may be heading into winter good and proper now, but while it’s still reasonably mild outside and particularly when the sun is shining, I’m not yet in the mood for the hearty, warming fodder that...
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Since the weather is beginning to get distinctly nippy now, and I’m delving into my wardrobe for properly warm jumpers, it seems that it’s also time to start pulling out some suitably wintry recipes...
View Articlebraised chicory with orange and juniper
I meant to post this a week or so ago, but isn’t it always amazing how the run-up to Christmas just gets totally out of hand? Here I am, on the eve of Christmas Eve, and I haven’t yet made our pudding,...
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