Lamb & Tomato Hotpot

Minced lamb & tomato, topped with crispy potato slices

Pastrami, Mustard & Dolcelatte

For lunchtime snacks like this I buy par-baked baguettes 

and grill them on my toastie machine

Sausage Casserole with Bubble & Squeak

The finished dish, served simply with peas.

Frying the bubble 'n' squeak in small patties

Tuscan-style Beef & Tomato Ragout

Influenced by Tuscan cuisine

with cannelini beans, olives and Mediterranean vegetables

Souper Sunday

A hearty winter soup to kick-off a late sunday lunch.

Reduced-price diced swede boiled up with split red lentils, blended to a smooth, rib-sticking heaven

Prawn & Smoked Fish Pasta

Penne with prawns, smoked fish & peppers in a creamy sauce

Winter Sunshine

A little ray of brightness to end an early-dusk day.

Brie, continental bread and olives...

Binge-drinking

I think I've heard it all now: Demos, the think tank, has published a survey entitled "Feeling The Effects" into parental influence on future alcohol abuse.

Phil Mellows, writing in The Publican's Morning Advertiser, 1st January 2013, admirably demonstrates how lacking in empiricism this report really is.