Tag: Robin Howe

Chicken with Grape Juice & Fresh Herbs

April 6, 2014.Reading time 6 minutes.

Nigel Slater must be on holiday because I found some Claudia Roden recipes in my Observer Magazine today. And much as I love Nigel’s recipes I couldn’t be disappointed because Claudia is a culinary hero too. The recipes were from her new edition of The Food of Italy to celebrate its publication 25 years ago […]

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Dressing the Salad

August 3, 2012.Reading time 10 minutes.

Once upon a time, many, many years ago, a young Junior Editor was called into her boss’s office and told they had to publish a Chinese cookery book that someone had bought while in US because it was a huge bestseller there, and since he couldn’t toast a piece of bread without burning it, she […]

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