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The Country Kitchen: Picnics, Pies and Goodbyes

Do not despair, as all good things (and all not-good things too, depending which category you place this column) must end. If only the producers of Killing Eve and the organisers of the annual Dalston Show Scarecrow Competition would learn from this. I’d much rather be a Fleabag than a Suits.

Posted on May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 Author Anna McDonald Comments Off on The Country Kitchen: Picnics, Pies and Goodbyes
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The Country Kitchen: Home Comforts

Two of my close friends don’t like cheese. Heresy. To me, it is no less than one of the pillars of the earth

Posted on May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 Author Anna McDonald Comments Off on The Country Kitchen: Home Comforts
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The Country Kitchen: La Cuisine de Campagne

“While, in the immortal words of Bella Swan, I’d never given much thought to how I’d die, I think if I was the chicken destined for my coq au vin, to be cloaked in butter and drowned in wine seems like a good way to go”

Posted on May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 Author Anna McDonald Comments Off on The Country Kitchen: La Cuisine de Campagne
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The Country Kitchen: Fools, Mistakes and Upside-Down Cakes

Until recently, I had never made an upside-down cake before. Probably, as I didn’t study food-tech in the 70s.

Posted on May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 Author Anna McDonald Comments Off on The Country Kitchen: Fools, Mistakes and Upside-Down Cakes
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The Country Kitchen: Early One May Morning

“I can’t imagine any other city in England (except The Other Place) where one of the pinnacles of the social calendar is young lads singing Latin from the top of a tower”

Posted on May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 Author Anna McDonald Comments Off on The Country Kitchen: Early One May Morning
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The Country Kitchen: Eggs by the Dozen

I am embarrassed to say that in the social hierarchy that is our household, the hens sit proudly at the top, even beating the wilful dog to the head of the pecking order.

Posted on April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 Author Anna McDonald Comments Off on The Country Kitchen: Eggs by the Dozen
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The Country Kitchen: Making Light (Lunches) of Lockdown

“This week, having managed the task of manoeuvring the outdoor dining set from its confines of the garage to the garden patio, I’m sharing lunchtime recipes to transform your garden or balcony into an al fresco experience.”

Posted on April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 Author Anna McDonald Comments Off on The Country Kitchen: Making Light (Lunches) of Lockdown
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The Country Kitchen: Heirlooms

“This week I will take you on a bit of a magical mystery tour through my baking ancestry in the hope that you might ring your own relatives and see if they have any recipes or stories to share.”

Posted on April 11, 2020April 11, 2020 Author Anna McDonald Comments Off on The Country Kitchen: Heirlooms
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The Country Kitchen: Daffodils

For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils. William Wordsworth, ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’ Spring has finally sprung in Cumbria, and just in Read More…

Posted on April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 Author Anna McDonald Comments Off on The Country Kitchen: Daffodils
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The Country Kitchen: Breakfasts Worth Getting Up For

“This new found freedom has given me the chance to experience something completely revolutionary- breakfast with flavour. Something only worthy of continental holidays, surely?”

Posted on March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 Author Anna McDonald Comments Off on The Country Kitchen: Breakfasts Worth Getting Up For

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