Which Recipes Were Top in 2011?

For those less interested in my restaurant round up than in the cooking, here are the 12 recipe posts which received the most views during 2011. Chicken, Bacon, Mushroom & Crème Fraiche Pasta Braised Ox Cheek Bordelaise Chocolate & Chorizo Chilli Con Carne How to make Strawberry Vodka Liqueur Persian Baked Yoghurt Rice with Chicken ... Read more »

A Review of The Whole Hog Cookbook

The Whole Hog Cookbook

It was the pull of the pig that drew me towards The Whole Hog Cookbook. Promising “chops, loin, shoulder, bacon and all that good stuff“, author Libbie Summers draws on childhood memories of her grandparents’ hog farm together with “modern sensibilities [that] lend new twists to beloved dishes“. As the front flap declares, “the best ... Read more »