Try this rhubarb souffle with home-made custard

It’s the weekend, so why not enjoy this sweet rhubarb souffle as a treat? Lough Erne Resort Executive chef, Noel McMeel, has shared some favourite recipes for a range of mouthwatering dishes that you can make at home, which we’re sharing this week. Today, we conclude with a tasty hot rhubarb souffle with home-made custard.…

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Tasty scones – just like granny used to make!

There’s nothing like home baking to set off the senses, with the wonderful warm smell of scones in the oven. Lough Erne Resort Executive chef, Noel McMeel, has shared some favourite recipes for a range of mouthwatering dishes that you can make at home, which we’re sharing this week. Today, we present his Granny’s recipe…

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Tasty Asian-style tuna tartare bites are so easy to make

These Asian-style tuna tartare bites are a fantastic small dish to serve guests over the winter festivities. One for the sushi-lovers, this tuna tartare is incredibly simple to make, and packed with fresh Asian-style flavours – ideal to help bring on better living. Love Seafood is focusing on how seafood can Bring on Better Living, showcasing…

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Maps are the forgotten weapons of war

The basis of A History of the Second World War In 100 Maps is that maps are ‘indispensable instruments of war’. If anyone can convince us of this it is world-leading military and cartographic historian Jeremy Black, who has studied a huge range of maps from the Second World War in minute detail. In this…

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Magic can be made with a host of cupboard cans

Trying to eat well while sticking to a modest budget isn’t easy and we often resort to the same handful of dishes again and again. What Jessica Elliot Dennison has put together here in Tin Can Magic is an ingenious catalogue of recipes which use up things that most people consistently stock in their cupboards.…

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By the sea shore: The Seafood Shack cookbook

A trip to the coast is a free pass to indulge in the simple pleasures. Some collect seashells, others build sandcastles, and the day simply isn’t complete without sampling the Great Scottish Fruits de Mer.  Thanks to local lasses Kirsty Scobie and Fenella Renwick, such fabulous fare is not hard to come by in Ullapool.…

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A delicious book to awaken the tastebuds

Mezze – Small Plates to Share is a delightfully appetising recipe book. It explores the taste of the Middle East and the Mediterranean through a vast selection of scrumptious mezze dishes, made from fresh and healthy ingredients which can be enjoyed at any time of the day. This vibrant book, which features beautiful photography by Jan Baldwin,…

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The Bad Fire takes Bob Skinner into retirement

It takes some skill to write 31 novels in a crime series and ensure that the narrative, plot and characters don’t go stale. But The Bad Fire, Quintin Jardine’s latest offering to the Bob Skinner series, takes the veteran Chief Constable in a new direction – retirement. Despite a greater focus on his daughter Alex,…

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Poems and pictures celebrate Edinburgh

Aspects of Edinburgh is a book of poems which is seamlessly punctuated with delicate drawings by John Knight. Through Conn’s words and Knight’s images, they manage to translate the feeling of Edinburgh onto paper. Having spent two decades living in Glasgow, Conn observes the folk of Edinburgh with fresh eyes and notices things in a…

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Bring spring into your home with houseplants

Now that spring is on its way, we’ll be starting to think of plants in our homes and gardens. It won’t be long before the grass is needing its first cut of the year, and we’ll be thinking of what our borders, flowerbeds and hanging baskets will need in 2019. But it’s just as important…

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