…but it is the time of year which keeps the industry going. How do you like it? Every year on...
Christmas is coming and this Girl About Toon has been busy in the kitchen making mince pies, Christmas cake and...
Jérôme Cogné dreams of a French Christmas In my last column, I mentioned that I was hoping to travel back to Paris before Christmas to spend some time with my daughter. Well, we have just come back and it was an incredible experience. One evening we went onto the Champs-Élysées...
We were lucky enough to get a sneak peek of Jean Christophe Novelli's new book, Simply Novelli and have chosen four of our favourite recipes to share with you in this month's appetite magazine.
Apparently the weather this year has been designed perfectly for apples, I’m not sure exactly what perfect apple weather is;...
I’m hoping to head home for a little while before Christmas and when I do get the chance to go back I always visits the restaurants of Paris. I love to see what’s happening there, and I’ll go and see what they’re doing in the bistros, brasseries and restaurants etc. It’s...
It’s not a line from a Carry On script, but I’m marinating my plums in gin. There are only so...
The seasons are changing and there’s a lot happening in the garden. We’ve got the last of our summer crops...
When I first learned how to be a butcher the thing that fascinated me most was being told that all animals are the same; my response was ‘how can they possibly be the same?!’ Of course, they’re all different sorts (and I’m not including poultry) but in terms of the...
The Girl About Toon column is being written in the midst of National Curry Week, so in the name of...
Podding along with Alastair Gilmour There’s a good chance the garden pea can claim to be our oldest vegetable. The...
Down the allotment with Alastair Gilmour Opening a packet of seeds never loses its excitement and sense of wonder. Peering inside is a joy, tipping the contents into your palm is exhilarating, and recognising their differences and characteristics is pure education. Beetroot seeds, for example, are nobbly, grey-brown and bogey-sized,...
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