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Merguez and moghrabieh salad

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This simple but tasty salad has become a regular weeknight dinner option in my house.  It uses two ingredients that are a little unusual –merguez sausages and moghrabieh.   Merguez is a heavily spiced mutton- or beef-based fresh sausage in North African cuisine.   It is also popular in [...]

The happy cook

One of the things I like most about food is the way it brings people together.  Food’s ability to be shared and form part of the social fabric of life is central to my ongoing passion for it.   Countless occasions and important events are marked and defined by what people eat and drink at [...]

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Quince –the "golden apple"

Quinces –not really attractive to look at are they?  Sort of the fatter,uglier sister of the pear.  They are one of those old fashioned fruits that play hard to get,they cannot be eaten raw but will reward a patient cook.  [...]