Two pans and basic pantry ingredients make this a simple to make cake. The crumb is fragrant and dense and the

Perfect for serving with cocktails. They are salty, spicy, lemony and loaded with fresh herbs.

A rich short-bread like cookie using both cocoa powder and coarsely chopped semi-sweet chocolate. After baking

Pierre Hermes is the inspiration for this stunning, sublime lemon cream tart.. It has a delicate sweet buttery

This is my adaptation of a Daniel Boulud recipe. It uses the brilliant red pepper so prolific in the markets.

This recipe is the quintessential country French apple tart. This is a wonderful version that is great for beg

This pie should be eaten the day it is made, as custard does weep when it is stored in the refrigerator. But w

Delicious, moist, flavourful muffins liberally studded with blueberries.

A simple and quick no-fail apple cake perfect for morning coffee or afternoon tea.

A simple to make chocolate cake. It is rich, moist and keeps well. The chocolate ganache icing is sublime.

This old favorite is even better the next day. Make lots of gravy and mounds of creamy mashed potatoes and you

DREAM BARS is an old-fashioned recipe from a small Robin Hood cookbook. I started baking from it more than 53

This is an Italian sweet bread that requires no kneading.

A double chocolate brownie with ganache icing and sea salt flakes

Crisp and chewy buttery rich oatmeal cookies with raisins and dried cranberries. Store dough in your freezer f

Delicious mouthfuls of puff pastry filled with spicy sausage. Dip into honey mustard mixture.

Easy to make dips with readily available ingredients. Perfect for fresh vegetables

A quickly made carrot salad with endless variations and flavours.

Pickled dilly green bean are irresistible served with crackers and cheese. They are not complicated to make an

This really is comfort food at it's very best. It's easy to make. One generally has all the ingredients in the

A delicate light peanut butter cookie with an addictive sweet salty flavour.

Wholesome and delicious this soup comes together quickly and rewards you with an exotic flavorful winter soup.

A buttery rich, silky smooth chicken liver pate. It is easy to make from readily available ingredients.

Roasted vegetable and chicken are assembled with a puff pastry crust.

A brilliant French dessert made by pouring an eggy batter over roasted rhubarb and then baked

Cassoulet is a hearty combination of beans baked with meat - pork, lamb and spicy garlic sausage.

This dessert made with a rich creme anglaise (custard sauce) and topped with burnt sugar, can be made up to tw

Working with pàte à choux is almost magical. You combine milk, water, butter and four, add eggs,

A lemon nut bread with a fine crumb, studded with walnuts and flavoured with lemon syrup.

Off cut - pork cheeks braised and slowly cooked in a rich sauce and served with creamy mashed potatoes

A quick and easy cookie to make with a slightly crisped exterior and a soft chewy center. Can be frozen.

The best part of making minestrone is you can be very creative. Pasta, rice, and legumes are added to your veg

The butter tart recipe I used today came from THE HARROW FAIR COOKBOOK. It's filled with nostalgic photographs

Les Hales, this is where we ended our Paris adventure with bowls of restorative onion soup, crowned with bread

A simple savory quick bread recipe using just two bowls. It takes less than 10 minutes to put together and req

Once you make soup this way you will never go back to your old soup recipe. One roasting pan filled with every