We are bang in the middle of the Oktoberfest season, and while no Oktoberfest is being held in 2020, that doesn’t mean we can’t have our favourite Bavarian foods at home! If you’ve been following along you will have learnt how to cook the perfect Oktoberfest Roast Chicken, and today
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Oktoberfest Roast Chicken
It is that time of the year again! Unfortunately, this year the official Oktoberfest has been cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic, but that doesn't mean we can't celebrate at home. While the Oktoberfest is now famous across the world as being an excuse to drink vast quantities of beer,
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Deep Dish Apple Pie
On the weekend I love to get up early and spend the morning baking. There are no distractions, my work is mostly done for the week, so it’s the perfect excuse to brew up a big mug of coffee, put some relaxing jazz on the stereo and break out the
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The Hugo Spritz Cocktail
We are in the middle of those golden autumn weeks, where the days dawn bright and sunny, the early fog burning off quickly under the sun. The woods are full of giant, brightly coloured mushrooms and toadstools, tucked away under the falling leaves. While the nights are already too cool
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Baked Fish En Papillote
How did it get to the middle of the month already? Talk about blink and you miss it. I’ve been so busy this month that I’ve hardly had time to sit down. I’ve got a great, speedy, foolproof recipe for you today, just as suitable for a weeknight dinner as
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Zwetschgendatschi – Bavarian Plum Tart
I have had a bit of wanderlust recently, so you might have noticed that many of the recipes I’ve been sharing are from far-flung places as I travel in my imagination around the globe. I love the way the smell can taste of food can transport us directly into other
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Mushrooms with Creamy Polenta
It is mushroom season here in Italy and the hills are full of keen funghi hunters seeking out this seasonal treasure. Whether golden chanterelles, sponge-like morels or the most highly prized of all, the 'king of the forest' porcini, everything is fair game. That is, of course, if you have
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Beetroot and Orange Relish
Bright, zesty, aromatically spiced and gloriously purple, Beetroot and Orange Relish will always remind me of long afternoons spent in the very aptly named Gardens of Irini - or Gardens of Peace in Bellapais, Cyprus. There the proprietress and my dear friend Deirdre always served this delicious relish alongside her
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Thai Tom Yum Goong
Our run of cool days here in Munich continues, with cool, drizzly weather keeping us mostly inside, apart from short sprints to the markets. I am definitely not complaining about the temperature, as it is the perfect excuse to start the soup-making season. And what better soup to start with
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Perfect Lemon Meringue Pie
Few desserts make me happier than a big slice of Lemon Meringue Pie. Perhaps it is the big kid in me, but if I see this pie in a restaurant cake cabinet, with its cheery yellow curd and clouds of billowy meringue, I can never resist. It is such a
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