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Sumptuous seduction for two

Recipes for spooning into each others mouths while holding hands. Enough for one disgustingly contented and blissed out couple.

Hazelnut meringues with gianduia crème patisserie

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This week has been rather dangerous in my kitchen. Firstly I made my very own homage to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill by creating a large volcano while attempting pomegranate molasses. The thick black lava exploded and took a clean-up crew of one a good hour to prise off the hob. Then I learned [...]

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Pannacotta with blackberry coulis

I realise that as an adopted Londoner in the Naughties (oh god did I just write that word?) I should be proposing one of those one-name dishes that seem obligatory now: “FISH. Pollock. Sake batter. Five English Pounds.” But since it looks as if we’re about to say goodbye to Brown et al, I thought [...]

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Champagne gratin

I’m not really a big drinker these days. Actually, I don’t think I could be called a drinker at all. I’m occasionally tempted to have the odd snifter of wine in the manner of Keith Floyd (one for the pan, a laaaarge one for the cook) but, unlike Floyd, the results on my cooking are [...]

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A pineapple soufflé for the Caribbean sun

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I’ve just got back to Nassau from three months in the UK, where I took Mr. R&R for hurricane season. He’d been to London for work before, but I was happy to give him a crash course introduction from a native’s point of view, introducing him to the less salubrious parts of Limehouse, demonstrating the [...]

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