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From http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/01/elizabeth-david-food-cookbook. This being the Grauniad, it starts off with a correction: A misprint meant that anybody essaying the macaroni salad recipe at the end of the piece below would have had even more grounds than the late Elizabeth David to detest this dish. As a reader wrote: “Try ‘peas’ instead of ‘pears’. Better?” Even… Continue reading Yum Yum

Swanning Around

15112009189.jpg Originally uploaded by mhoulden Another Creative Commons photo taken when I was out on the bike. I stopped when I saw some swans swimming on the canal and got the camera out. One swam past but there was another one behind it. When it saw me it started posing for the camera (probably expecting… Continue reading Swanning Around

Lamb Stew

Here’s the recipe I did last night 2 lbs/900g lamb off the bone 1 large onion 1 butternut squash 1 leek 1 400g tin chopped tomatoes a couple of handfuls of mushrooms orange peel 1/4 tsp fennel seeds 1/4 tsp thyme 3 cloves crushed garlic couple of sprigs of rosemary 1 tsp salt 1/4 tsp… Continue reading Lamb Stew