Food and Recipes Archive

Don’t feel sorry for turkeys and pigs at Christmas, feel sorry for vegetarians. They are the ones forced to suffer a month of forsworn canap?s at parties, culminating in a family feast that demands hours of sitting at a table groaning with meat. Read More

In a land famed for its meat dishes, a decision to make some German government functions entirely vegetarian has raised the bloodlust of the country’s most dedicated carnivores. Read More

This is so easy, so delicious and so impressive that I urge you to give it a try. I made one oblong pie for two but double up all the ingredients to make two pies or one large square pie for four. Etching the Read More

Variations on fish pie are endless but my latest favourite has a sloppy, buttery potato topping, more like pommes purée than British mash. It crusts lightly, lavishly at the edges and contributes a pleasing lemony, softness that mingles with a tangy, subtly cheesy sauce Read More