A spring cottage pie

by sophie on March 25, 2008 · 28 comments

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Cottage Pie is a perennial British favourite, one of that breed of dishes you find in all cultures whose sole purpose in life it is to use up yummy leftovers.  A proper cottage pie is a hearty dish of savoury beef cooked with carrots and onions and topped with a rib-sticking layer of mashed potato.  Its sibling recipe, shepherd’s pie, … Read the full post

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Post image for Learning to love brussels sprouts this winter

Nobody is more surprised than me by my current emotion (well OK, maybe my Mum will be a bit more surprised than I am if she’s reading this).  I’m upset because …. march is the end of the brussels sprout season!

Sprouts are a fabulous winter source of vitamin C and being so readily available locally meant that this winter … Read the full post

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Back in the olden days, the only fresh veggies available to eat in the long dark Scottish winter were potatoes and when the potato crop failed there was scurvy.  Scurvy (overt vitamin C deficiency) is thankfully [virtually] unheard of in the modern age, but the urban legend of the student who ate nothing but porridge got me wondering.  Are those … Read the full post

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Handpicked Links 27 Feb 2008

by sophie on February 27, 2008 · 7 comments

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Back with recipes and photos as soon as our kitchen is back in action (it’s currently hidden under dust sheets while we decorate!)

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