Tag: food
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Burrata with caponata
There is a wonderful Italian restaurant in London called Il Portico, a favourite with the Pigeon Cottage gang, and we had this fab starter there last time we went – aubergine caponata & stracciatella di burrata. Caponata is a very famous Sicilian dish and I’ve been wanting to make it since we went there on…
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Easter lamb BBQ with salsa verde
I love Easter. It has great religious significance of course, celebrating Christ’s resurrection after his crucifixion, but it also symbolises ‘newness of life’ and heralds the arrival of spring. The trees are full of pink and white blossom and tiny green leaf buds, the garden is full of cheerful yellow daffodils, birds are building their…
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
It’s Valentine’s Day in a couple of weeks time. Conveniently, it’s on a Saturday this year. You might be going out to have a romantic dinner for two to your favourite restaurant, in which case I hope you’ve booked your table (and babysitter?) already. Then again, you might just want to make dinner at home.…
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