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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!
Cottage pie is such a traditionally English thing I can’t imagine there are many people who grew up here who haven’t eaten it. We had it regularly at home, sometimes it was shepherd’s pie made with left over roast lamb minced, sometimes it was cottage pie from left over roast beef minced… I don’t remember […]
MoreI inherited this potato ricer from my mother-in-law; I’m not sure how old it is but wouldn’t be surprised if she had it before the war, so it must be at least seventy years old, if not more. We use it frequently, for toppings to pies and dishes, or just to make mash pretty on […]
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Lois Elsden 