Tag Archives: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Shove-in-the-oven chicken with tarragon and tomatoes

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Louise

I have my lovely friend Tony to thank for this. He was on his way to cook for a crowd a few weeks ago, and came clutching a copy of this recipe from the excellent Three Good Things by Hugh … Continue reading →

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How to eat well, whilst working full-time, in five steps

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Louise

Those who read this blog regularly will know that for most of its existence I have been freelance, working a maximum of four days per week, generally from home. Which has meant that cooking for both the site, and for … Continue reading →

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HFW’s Love your Leftovers ribollita

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Louise

I absolutely hate waste, so half my miniscule fridge is full of scraps of this and that which I can’t bear to chuck. Until now, I rarely managed to use many of them up before the inevitable rot set in but, … Continue reading →

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Three Good Things: squid, roast potatoes, chilli

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Louise

I am a little sceptical, often with good reason, about cookbooks that sell themselves on a gimmick (e.g. a certain number of minutes; a limited number of ingredients). And I therefore had a bit of an aversion to Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Three Good … Continue reading →

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Dukka: party food par excellence

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Louise

The weather is changing, my heart is lifting with it and my thoughts are turning to entertaining. Well, actually, they’ve already turned that way since I had my London Loop companions round last night and some of my Antic Disposition … Continue reading →

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HFW’s Mexican chorizo: a dream storecupboard ingredient

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Louise

Once upon a time chorizo came cured and in slices. It was something you had on toast for a tapa and struggled to pronounce. Then, a few years ago, a new form of chorizo appeared on our shores: a cooking … Continue reading →

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Making Vegetables Sexy: Riverford’s Vegetable App

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Louise

There has been a lot of chat about vegetarian-only cookery books recently, partly inspired by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s newest offering but also resulting from the financial and ethical requirements of our age: properly bred meat is expensive and who has £14 … Continue reading →

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Celeriac and apple soup and Sarah Raven’s Garden Cookbook

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Louise

Although I am sure that a) if there was never another cookbook published, we would have plenty of recipes for several millennia, that, b) a bit like stories, there are only so many techniques and recipes that anyone can invent, … Continue reading →

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Lovely, simple blue cheese tart

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Louise

One of the banes of living alone, or of cooking for one or two, is leftovers. Most of the time a recipe for four or six can be scaled down to two or three but, when it comes to baking, … Continue reading →

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Christmas begins…

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Louise

Today has been a day devoted to food. I am spending Christmas with friends, so I thought I’d better make some contributions. First I soaked fruit for the second Dundee cake of the week (Delia’s), made mince pies (Delia’s mincemeat; … Continue reading →

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