I've never been very good at making Yorkshire pudding. Years of cooking on an Aga meant that by the time the meat was perfectly roasted,...

When families gather together in the summer, the most convenient way to picnic is for everyone to bring a plate of food ... and even if ther...

I've decided this year to cook my way through Elizabeth David's Summer Cooking , and I've started with this very good cold beef ...

Here's a treat for a travelling picnic - I posted it last year , now I've improved it ... Alfred and I wolfed it down on the way up ...

These meatballs are a family favourite - easy, comforting food which all of us (apart from Lucius) can cook. We eat them regularly, perhaps ...

I've blogged this way of cooking steak before ... it's delicious, it's easy, it's good for a party. And it's also a rea...

For all my married life and longer, I have read The Spectator every week. The political articles are good, the book pages are better, and t...

I thought I'd posted this weeks ago, but found it lurking on the dashboard, marked as a draft ... Okay, this dark beef stew, rich in tas...

When we were in Edinburgh, I was talking to a Scots nationalist who said, irritatingly, that the English had no sense of their own identity....

Delicious dinner last night for me and Horatio, while Lucius was out singing (Mozart Mass in C) - get the butcher to cut an extra-thick sirl...

This was our dinner on Monday night ... good, but in need of further tinkering to make it perfect; the quince lends sweetness to the mince, ...

Yesterday we spent the day in the car, travelling with increasing urgency to catch the last ferry to Mull - so that, by the end, Lucius was ...

The question is: do you fry your meatballs? Or not? Last night, the secrets of my cheating kitchen were out. I made the meatball sauce befor...

Lucius and I went out to supper on Monday night, so Horatio was left to his own cooking devices. He bought mince for a bolognaise, something...

I made this yesterday for Lucius and some American friends of his who were coming to supper. It had to be easy, because I was off to my beek...

A gathering of some of Lucius's longest-standing and closest friends demands something good to eat, something a little more than the eve...

This is a wonderful recipe for a special evening - not least because you don't have to worry if things are running a little late. I'...

Last weekend, we had all of Lucius's colleagues and their families to lunch. 18 of us. Two tables, one for adults, one for children, pre...

Today we were 11 for lunch. My oven's not working, so no question of a Sunday roast. Stew. This recipe is one I've used off and on f...