GRAINS OF SENSE ….. Organic Flour from Kelsale ….. by The SuffolkEater

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You can’t always get to a farm shop – for some people the cost in petrol precludes frequent visits and others, of course, don’t necessarily drive or have a car. So the next best thing is to look closely at the produce in your local supermarket for regionally or, better still, locally produced foods. Since […]

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IN AN IRISH STEW

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In the “old days” (say fifty years and before) farmers used to keep a proportion of the flocks of their sheep for several years. They would produce several lambs in this time. After which they would be killed and eaten as “Mutton” (any animal of more than one year qualifies for this definition). This was […]

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Japanese Food – An Introduction

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Years ago, when I was planning my first visit to Japan, my hosts informed me that in the week I would be there, Wednesday was a public holiday; what would I like to do?   Having boned up a bit on Japanese food through a wonderful TIME-LIFE book (“The Cooking of Japan”) I had noted that […]

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KEEEEP STALKING

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  After the turkey, ham, stuffing, bread sauce, roast spuds etc., went on their seasonal way, in the kitchen it’s been back to every-day fare. Aided by a vegetarian visitor or two, we have been having a break from meaty dishes and I created this recipe around part of a vegetable you often discard. Broccoli […]

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MAIN’S RESTAURANT, Yoxford – Review by Patrick Skinner

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You don’t go to Main’s to see and be seen. It’s homely and comfortable rather than smart or trendy. You go to Main’s to eat good honest food, imaginatively conceived, caringly cooked and freshly served. The meals we have had there are the best we have had in Suffolk since we returned to the UK […]

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Marble Cheese Cake

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This is a great and perennial favourite dessert at the InterContinental at Aphrodite Hills – an unusual and delicious cheesecake. Ingredients for 6 Servings 875 g cream cheese 200 g icing sugar 4 large eggs 200 g 70% dark chocolate melted 125 g icing sugar Method Preheat the oven to 210°C. In one mixing bowl, […]

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