Grandma and Grandpa Battenburg bought me Claudia Rosen’s The Food of Italy for my birthday (a lovely signed copy). It’s a very attractive book, with lots of information about the regional food of Italy....
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Empty the freezer time has come round again – I managed to shift three items in one fell swoop, with a large pot of sausages au vin. This is always a popular one...
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Astonishingly it has been a decade since we convened our book group – it all started back when our girls were at nursery school together and we remembered that we could read grown-up...
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I know I shouldn’t complain, but it’s very hard to see the screen. I just can’t seem to get the angle right to avoid the glorious sunshine, as I sit on the terrace...
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It’s that time of year – so when I asked Angus and Clive to dinner, there was only one evening available between our respective work commitments and holidays. The invitation escalated to a...
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