THIS WEEK

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*   The John Lewis / Waitrose complex at Ipswich.  Not the easiest to find, unexciting but user friendly. *   My kind of cook and cooking – Pub grub could be better *   Places and Plates Enjoyed and not Enjoyed *  As published in 1st March issue of “Coastal Scene”  (newspaper and website)  – My recipes […]

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PLENTY TO BEEF ABOUT

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  There’s this poor old nag, who’s worked on a farm in deepest Romania all his life, but can’t work anymore. So he’s shipped off by lorry to a meat factory many hundreds of miles away in the South of France, along with a lot of his mates, where he’s slaughtered and cut into chunks. […]

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RECIPE – Frittata – Eggsactly right for lunch

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  When you come to think of it, a remarkable number of cookery words are foreign in origin. Take “omelette” for example; no-one gives a thought, when ordering one or cooking one, that it is a French word, so long has it been around. But, say “Frittata” and immediately you’re in foreign territory. It is, […]

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Full House for “Chief’s” Birthday Celebration at Aldeburgh Cinema

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As someone brought up with the cinema, it being almost the only form of entertainment available, and who worked in one for several years, I marvel at the atmosphere created by the Aldeburgh Cinema and its associated Club. Literally it re-creates the treat of “Going to the Pictures”. With the modern difference, of course, of […]

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RECIPE – Roza’s Red Cabbage

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  In the 1950s I used to eat the most delicious red cabbage, along with a Wiener Schnitzel and sauté potatoes at a tiny restaurant in Greek Street, Soho, where the owner/cook was a rotund Austrian lady called Madame Maurer. With home-made apple strudel and coffee the bill came to less than ten Shillings (50 […]

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RECIPE – Green Beans with Tomatoes and Onion

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Plain green vegetable may be good for you, but they can be a bit dull. Courgettes, marrow, cauliflower and other veggies can be lifted by stirring them in to a simply made sauce of onion and tomatoes. For a winter’s lunch or light supper, this is a good accompaniment to a piece of grilled or […]

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