Runner bean, hazelnut and Lancashire cheese salad

On August 30, 2011 By

Runner bean, Lancashire cheese and hazelnut salad

Back in April I was contacted by the British Beans and Peas Campaign and asked if I’d like to take part in the Great British Runner Bean Revival. Now, if there’s one thing I can’t resist, it’s a revival. And to help me revive runner beans [...]

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Coleslaw

Red cabbage and dill coleslaw

On July 7, 2011 By

Red cabbage and dill coleslaw

I can’t begin to tell you how much I hate coleslaw. Limp shards of carrot and cabbage slithering around in an indecent white sauce; the summer is bedecked by tubs of it and the sight of them floods my body with bile. Worse is the tragic half-eaten bowl [...]

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Garden salad

On July 16, 2009 By

Garden salad

The smell of really wet laundry on the line and a garden mudslide can mean only one thing: it’s summer.

Like all British people, I love the changeability of our weather. It adds an adrenaline rush to summer entertaining. You buy the citronella candles [...]

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