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I make olive oil. I know every single step of the process inside out, from sapling to mature tree, from the plucking of the fruit to the winding of the press. I also know how much all this labour of love costs. That’s part of my job too – watching every penny and dime we [...]

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Carrot cake always feels a bit healthier than other cakes doesn’t it? Not really sure how much difference a grated carrot really makes to body and soul, but let’s keep the faith shall we. In this recipe the cake can be served traditionally as a teatime cake, or can be made fancier and served as [...]

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In the olden days, recycling meant re-using – like actual reusing – by us. Shoeboxes would become document storage systems, shoelaces would have a second life in beaded necklaces and so on. Today it’s much more indirect, involving special bags and weekly schedules and, on a more personal level, no more than a vague pride [...]

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Cathy and I, along with half the food-loving population, sometimes fantasise about opening a restaurant. Cathy’s dream is the ‘starters and puddings’ restaurant, which cuts out the bossy middle man of the main course and allows for variety and experiment in the multitude of courses which replace it. It even has a name – which [...]

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At this time of year no bona fide Italian would turn up to a dinner party without an elegantly packaged panettone, pandoro or torrone. If you people-watch at passeggiata time (that lovely post-day, pre-evening interlude), you’ll see all sorts strolling about, carrying their tasteful confections. In deference to this simple and lovely tradition, we started [...]

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How to make naturally flavored lemon olive oil. See the Nudo photo album here. x

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I’d never heard of ‘supper clubs’. I’d heard of guerrilla dining, and, of course, pop-up restaurants. (In just how many new ways can eating be spun?) I was sceptical. Were ‘supper clubs’ simply another marketing gimmmick or were they actually a new thing? And more importantly, were they a new thing that was any good? [...]

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There are three things guaranteed to put me in the Christmas mood. The first is the smell of pine trees. The second is the first December airing of Jason’s copy of Phil Spector’s ‘Sounds of Christmas’ CD. And the third is the sight of someone carrying a preposterously prettily-packaged panettone. I absolutely love panettone and [...]

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Luisa is a lady who knows how to cook. She knows how to cook so well that she doesn’t even think she is a good cook – it is just a thing she does. Telling her she is a good cook is like telling someone else they are good at breathing – wow, man, you [...]

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