Food

Food is not just a necessity for life, it enhances and enriches our lives. I love every aspect of food… not just eating it! I love cooking, and growing things, I love recipe books and cookery programmes, I love talking about food, reading restaurant menus… but most of all, sitting round a table in good company enjoying a wonderful meal!

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Philip Harben was an intriguing character and interesting and popular media personality; born in 1906 to theatrical parents, he wrote many cookery books and presented the first TV cookery show. I have a little book he wrote in 1946, just after the war – or at least, that was when it was published, no doubt […]

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