24 October 2009

Exotic Pepper From Around The World

I’ve been hunting for some specialist peppers in recent months.  That’s what some of the thrill of being a spice merchant is all about – hunting for the exotic, tracking it down and then getting it in.

20 October 2009

Easy Tasty Magic - cooking alchemy from Laura Santtini

A couple of months ago, a bubbly, cosmopolitan lady, called Laura Santtini, came out of London to visit Steenbergs of Ripon.

07 August 2009

Recipe for Lasagne with Traditional Ragu

As promised, here is the meat lasagne for the committed carnivores out there.  It uses an old ragù recipe from Bologna.

06 August 2009

Recipe For Vegetarian Lasagne With Spinach

Personally, I have never been a great fan of lasagne even if it is one of those firm family and probably national favourites.  But then again, I don’t like spaghetti bolognaise.  I am in a minority of 1 versus several hundreds of millions of people i...

31 July 2009

Recipe For Meatloaf - Ideal for a Cold Summer's evening!

The weather has been truly awful over the last few days – rain, rain and more rain.  It’s turned my mind towards thinking about terrines.  Terrines are really versatile – you can have the cold on a warm summers day served with new potatoes and salad,...

24 July 2009

Recipe - Sweet Oriental Duck

Cooking your own Chinese style food is amazingly easy and tastes a load better than buying something from the supermarket.  There are some truly simple & quick meals that you can make.

22 July 2009

Recipe - Fennel Braised In Milk

This is an unusual, but great, Italian style way of making fennel as a vegetable.  It’s really great with a traditional English roast chicken.

15 July 2009

How to Make a Good Cup of Tea

There is nothing worse than a dishwater-tasting cup of tea.

14 July 2009

Recipe for Yellow Sunny Quiche Lorraine

29 June 2009

The Healing Powers of Home Baked Cakes

I (Sophie)  was recently convalescing at home and by about the second week (apart from getting frustrated about not being out and about and having very little voice) I was very privileged to receive three delicious home made cakes.

25 June 2009

Recipe - Rediscovering Ratatouille

13 June 2009

Recipe for Chinese Salt Buried Chicken

09 June 2009

Recipe - Make Your Own Burger

02 June 2009

Mulling Wine – Recipes For Mulled Wine Syrup and a Medieval Hippocras

30 May 2009

Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe

28 May 2009

May newsletter - baking, blogs and mustard

22 May 2009

Recipes - An Indian Feast of Food

17 May 2009

Recipe - Barbecued Lamb, Rhubarb and Panna Cotta