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How to make a 'carrot cake' swiss roll
Melanie Johnson shares her recipe for an unusual — but delicious — take on carrot cake.
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Perry: The pear cider dubbed 'the English champagne' that's been an English passion for centuries
Not to be confused with cider, the art of perry-making is more than a craft — it’s an English passion. Ben Lerwill meets some of our best producers of fermented pear juice.
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How to make tarragon chicken with garlic-roasted new potatoes
Our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson shares a beautiful creamy tarragon chicken recipe.
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Tom Parker Bowles: Why I detested coriander — and how my loathing turned to total adoration
Having trodden the fine line between love and hate, Tom Parker Bowles finds that what once tasted vile is now sweetly seductive: yes, he has fallen in lust with coriander
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How to make crusted salmon with watercress and wasabi
Our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson shares a beautiful way to cook salmon that makes the most of the new season's watercress.
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Perfect Coronation street party recipes, from Mary Berry's ultimate scones to Tom Parker Bowles' irresistible coronation chicken
Emma Hughes collects the best Platinum Jubilee street party recipes from some of Britain's best-loved chefs and food writers.
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Tom Parker Bowles: The langoustine dish that 'was one of my grandmother’s favourites', as The King told me. And it's one of his, too
Scampi evokes easy pasta dishes or deep-fried pub grub, but call them langoustines and you have a dish fit for a king — or, indeed, The King, says Tom Parker Bowles.
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Curious Questions: The mystery of the medlar, the British fruit once as common as the apple that's almost disappeared in the space of 50 years
Medlars were once a common sight across Britain, grown in huge numbers and popular in recipes.Today, there's every chance that you've never even heard of them. So what happened? Martin Fone investigates.
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Curious Questions: Why do Polo mints have a hole in the middle?
Polos are famous as the mints with the hole — and have been since they were launched 75 years ago. But why did they get a hole in the first place? Martin Fone finds out.
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An exquisite prawn pasta dish to make the most of the new season's asparagus
Our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson is as excited as the rest of us by the first asparagus of the season.
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The best hot cross buns in Britain: Nine top-end bakeries on test
You can buy them all-year round these days (and a good thing too) yet this is still the time of year to celebrate and enjoy hot cross buns. The Country Life team put some of the fanciest on the market to the test. All in the name of consumer research, naturally...
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How to make creamy chicken and spring-onion cobbler
Spring onions are for more than merely salads, says our Kitchen Garden Cook Melanie Johnson.
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A superb salmon dish to bring out the best in the new crop of Jersey Royals
Melanie Johnson shares a salmon recipe ideal to go with 'perfect' Jersey Royals.
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Tom Parker Bowles: All hail the glory of the gratin
A no-nonsense feast to gird the belly and quicken the heart, the gratin — whether it be slathered over meat, fish or vegetables — is all about an indulgent excess of cream topped by crispy cheese, says Tom Parker Bowles.
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Michel Roux Jr: My eight favourite dishes of a lifetime
The award-winning chef and broadcaster Michel Roux Jr chooses the eight dishes he couldn't live without.
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How to eat seasonally in March: Tom Parker Bowles shares tips and recipes
Eating seasonally in March is a real treat, as Tom Parker Bowles explains.
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Chef Mike Robinson on everything you need to know about venison — plus a superb wild venison recipe
Chef, restaurateur and deerstalker Mike Robinson talks venison, and shares one of his favourite recipes using this superb meat.
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How to make mustard and Parmesan chicken with parsnip rösti
Kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson shares a winter warming recipe — a chicken dish which really zings.
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Curious Questions: Can you trust expiry dates on food?
Best before and use-by dates claim to show us when our food is likely to have gone off — but how are they figured out, how did we do without them, and do we really need them? Martin Fone investigates and finds a tale of dodgy food, dodgier dates, and an unlikely side-hustle run by the legendary gangster Al Capone.
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Curious Questions: Who invented the fork?
Once viewed with suspicion, forks remained the preserve of royalty until nearly 200 years ago. Matthew Dennison takes a stab at the king of cutlery, which changed the way we eat.
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Six weird and wonderful vegetables you should be growing in your garden
Whether you are looking for new flavours to tickle your tastebuds or something different to grow in your garden, little beats obscure — and sometimes strange-looking — vegetables, says Mark Diacono.
