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What do chefs do with starches on their menus? Could you suggest some inspirational dishes using rice, pasta and alternatives such as yam, tapioca, couscous, quinoa and polenta. We have a feature in Caterer and Hotelkeeper on the 9 March - all ideas from chefs and suppliers welcome.
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Ah, chocolate fondant. The best one I've ever had was by David Cavalier. His recipe is here .
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Avid readers of the site will know that out of more than 1,400 recipes, three in particular are our most searched. They are: * Harvey's lemon tart by Marco Pierre White * Martin Blunos's basic blinis recipe * Brian Turner's beef wellington Why do you think they are so popular and which recipe...
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Hospitality Action is asking restaurants to get behind the charity event of the year - Hospitality Action Week - by adding celebrity chefs' recipes to its menu. Top chefs such as Nathan Outlaw of St Enodoc hotel and Great British Menus, Martin Burge of Whatley Manor, Andrew Fairlie of Gleneagles...
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Sunday Times has an interview with Boulud today, plus three recipes : pate de campagne with pistachios, spicy merguez with spinach and white beans, and coq au vin.
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I had a long and interesting chat last week with the Head Chef of London's Goring Hotel, Derek Quelch. The Goring celebrates its centenary this year and Derek has recreated some classic British dishes from down the decades to mark this milestone. Dishes are banded into eras such as the Roaring Twenties...
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Anyone see the stuff on BBC this morning about spag bol? Apparently Italy is upset that no one makes it properly and are campaigning to enlighten the world to what makes an authentic bolognaise. I didn't think there was a standard! I thought it was one of those things which has countless regional...
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[quote user="Mark"] Next Wednesday sees the start of the grouse shooting season. Will you be out on the moors yourself? Are you already speaking to your game suppliers to order some birds up? And what recipes are you planning for your menus? Let us know. Meanwhile, here's a recipe for roast...
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A couple of years ago, Waitrose Food Illustrated produced a survey of the ten most useful cookery books ever . The winner was Chicken and Other Stories by Simon Hopkinson and Lindsey Bareham. Second was Delia Smith' s Complete Cookery Course; and third was Real Fast Food by Nigel Slater. Great books...