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A-Z of English Food - feel free to contribute!
Updated: 08/01/08

The Full Kitchen Bookshelf
Updated: 28/12/07

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Latest Book Reviews

Morimoto: The New Art of Japanese Cooking - a review

Morimoto - the new art of japanese cooking reviewed. "Beautiful, sublime, informative but utterly bonkers"

The Full Kitchen Bookshelf

I'm trying to compile my full list of cook books - it's going to take a while I think! Here are some to be getting on with...

The Food of Spain and Portugal - a review

A stunning overview of the 21 regions of Iberia highlighting the different gastronomic variations in each - written with style and a clear love of the landscape, people and food of the area

Nobody Does It Better: A Review

Nobody Does It Better: Why French Home Cooking Is Still The Best In The World - on the evidence of this passionate and entertaining book, French home cooking is still in pretty fine fettle.

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We got a mention in The Guardian - check out their A-Z of unusual ingredients part 2.

Valentine's Seduction (Part 2)

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posted Tuesday, 12 February 2008

And so to the main course...

Seafood has to be the order of the day.  You could go down the 'messy' route here - think prawns dipped into a home-made wobbly lemon mayonnaise - or you could go down the more sophisticated route of something on a plate... 
I think the real star of the shellfish world is the scallop.  Sweet, juicy, caremelised around the edges... perfect served with something sharp (sherry vinegar here) and something salty (Iberico ham).

I cooked this last year for Valentine's and so I'll just point you to the recipe:  Scallops with Iberico Ham, Hazelnuts and Sherry Vinegar Dressing.

scallops

To drink?  The folks at Matching Food & Wine recomend a white Burgundy - and who am I to differ?

Come back tomorrow for pudding - Nigel Slater's delicious chocolate puddings...

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