32 recipes
British Biscuits & Scones
The biscuit tin and the tea table. The small bakes that fill the tin and disappear with tea.
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21 recipes
British Breads & Buns
British bread baking from the everyday loaf to the enriched holiday traditions
28 recipes
British Breakfast & Brunch
The Full English and everything around it. Kedgeree, kippers, porridge, boiled eggs with soldiers, Shrove Tuesday pancakes, bubble and squeak, eggy bread, and a proper bacon sandwich. The British morning, made with care.
22 recipes
British Pies & Savoury Bakes
The pie and bake tradition. Everything baked in a dish and brought to the table golden.
27 recipes
British Preserves, Pickles & Chutneys
The garden preserved for winter. Marmalades, jams, pickles, chutneys, jellies, and curds from the British kitchen calendar.
34 recipes
British Puddings & Crumbles
The steamed, the baked, the crumbled, and the spooned. The British pudding tradition in all its seasonal glory.
30 recipes
British Salads
Seasonal salads that follow the garden. New potato with mint, broad bean and pea, heritage tomato, watercress, Coronation chicken, beetroot with horseradish, and proper coleslaws. Summer food that deserves better than its reputation.
44 recipes
British Sandwiches & Things on Toast
The sandwich tradition that started here, and the things on toast that constitute their own genre of British cooking.
33 recipes
British Sauces & Gravies
The sauces that complete the plate. Proper gravy, onion gravy, bread sauce, parsley sauce, mint sauce, horseradish, apple sauce, custard, tartare sauce. A good stock from the Sunday carcass. The quiet sauces, not showy, but essential.
35 recipes
British Side Dishes & Accompaniments
The accompaniments that complete the plate. Roast potatoes, mash, Yorkshire pudding, mushy peas, braised red cabbage, buttered greens, sage and onion stuffing, bread sauce, and the seasonal vegetables that change with the calendar.
36 recipes
British Snacks & Small Things
The things you put out before dinner or eat standing up in the kitchen. Potted shrimp, sausage rolls, Scotch eggs, and a proper ploughman's board. British snacking at its most honest.
32 recipes
British Soups
Seasonal soups from the garden and the market. Parsnip with nutmeg, leek and potato, watercress, mushroom, Scotch broth, pea and ham, cock-a-leekie, Cullen skink, and the cold summer soups. A soup for every month, guided by the calendar.
22 recipes
British Stews & Braises
The slow cooking that belongs to cold months. Beef stew with suet dumplings, Lancashire hotpot, oxtail, lamb and barley, chicken casserole. Dishes that ask for time and give back comfort.
20 recipes
British Tarts & Sweet Pies
The pastry tradition. Shortcrust and puff, rolled on the kitchen table the way it always has been.
14 recipes
Seasonal British Drinks
Garden and hedgerow drinks that follow the calendar. Elderflower cordial in June, sloe gin after the first frost, mulled wine in December. Small, seasonal, and honest. The drinks you make at home because the season asks for them.
23 recipes
Sunday Roasts & Slow Suppers
The Sunday roast tradition and the slow weekend cooking that fills the kitchen with a smell like a promise.
41 recipes
Weeknight Suppers & Simple Fish
The Tuesday evening meals. Sausages and mash, pan-fried fish, fishcakes, chops with buttered vegetables, a simple pasta. The unfussy cooking that a home cook actually does when nobody is watching.
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