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Bluemin Delicious Cheese Tasting

10 May 2011 by Jill

I spent last Friday morning cheese tasting at the home of Annie Stirk of Absolutely Food PR and food consultant...

10 May 2011 by Mandy

My mate Annie’s been feeding me for weeks whilst I’ve been filming my BBC programme in Derbyshire; tonight she’s coming...

06 May 2011 by Helen

As someone who fell in love over a Lebanese Wine (Chateau Musar 1981 since you ask) I have a predilection...

01 May 2011 by Mandy

This fab summer salad is from Jane Baxter, head chef at Riverford Field Kitchen. There are lots of ingredients but...

30 Apr 2011 by Jill

We’ve just been filming in the farm shop with a couple of our producers from Tideswell (on the shelves any...

26 Apr 2011 by Jill

The recent good weather means that Yorkshire asparagus is already in the shops a week or so earlier than usual...

21 Apr 2011 by Jill

I love the cover of Tom Aikens new book Tom Aikens Easy, it’s a textured blue and white linen tea...

20 Apr 2011 by Jill

‘To the young housekeepers of England’ is the dedication in a new cookery book out this month. It’s a mighty...

19 Apr 2011 by Jill

So it’s official. At last nights San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards, in London, Reni Redzepi was crowned number...

17 Apr 2011 by Jill

The Observer Food Awards (OFM) has opened for voting. I don’t know about you, but I sometimes wonder how they...