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It was back in December 2011 that I first interviewed exciting young chef, Shaun Dickens, for my Top Ten Cookery Books series. Shaun had arrived at Fallowfields, a country house hotel in Oxfordshire, a few months before with ambitions to turn round the restaurant – and he did, earning it 2 AA rosettes pretty quickly. […]
Read MoreOK. Well if you’ve just read my last post you’ll have seen amongst my ‘random facts about me’ that I was once an NUJ shop steward. And if you are at all into astrology you’ll know not to mess with anyone born under the sign of Aries. Where is this all leading, you might ask. […]
Read MoreThe blog became one on Wednesday. I’d been thinking over the last few weeks about maybe doing something special to celebrate but in the end plans were overtaken by Jonathan, Lyndsey and Zeph moving out that day and thus a certain amount of chaos in the house. Cooking anything wasn’t going to be on the […]
Read MoreWhile enjoying my bloggers’ day at Fallowfields last week, I asked head chef, Shaun Dickens, if I could interview him for my Top Ten Cookery Books series. So, a week later, I was heading up the M40 again and looking forward to hearing more about Shaun, his career – and, of course, his book choice. […]
Read MoreI came home from my lovely day at Fallowfields yesterday with a goody bag – a beautiful loaf, a soft-boiled egg Scotch egg (that made a great supper last night) and a large turnip and some honey. Turnips are at their best either in the spring, when tiny baby turnips are wonderful cooked whole and tossed in […]
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