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Spud Sunday: Boozy Spuds

Potatoes cooked with leeks and white wine – just the thing to give January a little boost

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Spud Sunday: A Resolutionary Soup

A simple white winter vegetable soup with potatoes, celeriac, cauliflower and roasted garlic – just the recipe for this time of year


Danish Cookies, Irish Butter

Butter cookies, a recipe made with Kerrygold Irish butter and inspired by the Danish butter cookies of Christmas past


Tales Of Wales

My recent visit to Wales taught me a lot about Welsh food: this recipe for Welsh cakes is one small (but lovely) part of that


Spud Sunday: Searching For Breakfast

While it’s neither a rösti nor a Spanish omelette, my latest potato pancake has elements of both, as well as a lot of Indian flavour


Spud Sunday: Michelin Spuds

Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud marks 30 years in business with the launch of a new book and I, for my part, give their recipe for salmon with tandoori gnocchi and sorrel sauce a whirl.


Spud Sunday: The Why Of Cookbooks

In which I give a recipe for potato, cheese & mushroom pie from the new Pieminister cookbook a whirl, but not without making a few changes and having a few things to say on the subject of cookbooks first


Spud Sunday: Simple Spuds

Bay leaves, a really simple but very worthwhile addition to roast potatoes (& baked potatoes too, for that matter)