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Mumbo Gumbo
A quick, fool-proof recipe for the famous creamy Cajun dish of sausage and seafood from Louisiana


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Teriyaki Beef Peppers Pairing Bible
Karel Doms' definitive wine and beer pairing to accompany Japanese beef peppers teriyaki


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Summer Garden Pasta
A special pesto from Genoa —no, not the one you know— made for a glorious summer meal in a sprawling garden in Herefordshire


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Lazy Pig Pasta
A simple pasta dish featuring sundried tomatoes, bacon, peas and a kick of red chili proves a tasty lifesaver when you've left it late


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Steak Out
A classic steak dish served with a twist; served with celeriac, potato and butternut squash rösti


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Double or Nothing
Onions are the key to dopiaza, the spicy Indian dish with Persian origins that's technically not a curry


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Fishy Eurosoup
A low-carb homage to European fish soup meals featuring smoke haddock and scallops with the added twist of Early Grey tea.


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Garlic is the new black
A healthy Sicilian black pasta dish that combines lashings of garlic, tomatoes, sea bass, smoked mussels and a spring feel-good vibe


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It's a wrap
Brian Fillis shares a diabolically healthy baked fish dish using the French "en papillote" method. Served with celeriac and potato cakes.


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Cagey on Kedgeree
Karel Doms' riposte to my kedgeree recipe that Anglo-Indian classic with its roots as a military breakfast in the days of the British Raj


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Duck with potato dumplings
A riff on a traditional boozy German duck dish with cranberry served with potato dumplings and a horseradish, sauerkraut and rocket salad


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Chupa mi pollo
Not Spanish sherry chicken as you know it, the delights of this Iberian influenced dish are as much in the veggies as the sauce


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Kale Me by Your Name
A sausage and cavolo nero dish I was cooking decades long before it became the kale superfood with an Italian accent; with pasta or without


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Teriyaki beef peppers
An easy, delicious recipe for making Japanese teriyaki beef peppers or the chicken version in under 30 minutes


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Not only Stoemp
Stoemp is a traditional Flemish staple similar to Irish champ or colcannon, eaten all over Belgium, usually with sausages.


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Start without Me
So, some years ago in Antwerp, I made this melange, tapas-style as a starter, the gift that kept giving. And, oh yes, it kept giving......


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And a Panettone in a Pear Tree...
My original take on English bread and butter pudding with panettone, pears poached in wine, various berries and a whole lot more


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Kedgeree — Fishing for Complements
Kedgeree is a unique dish of rice, smoked haddock and eggs invented by Indian cooks for British officers as breakfast in the 19th century


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Slap it Together
A very quick and easy dish of one of my favourite pastas that you can knock up in next no time. This recipe provides a hearty meal for...


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Spring Gnocchi with Smoked Fish
An ideal dish for spring: this spring gnocchi with smoked fish is full of light, green flavours with as much filling power as you need if yo
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