‘My aunt suggested this recipe to me when I was writing my first book. I couldn't believe how delicious it turned out to be, despite my initial reluctance to cook with cottage cheese (in those days, I ...

Roast partridge is a lovely option for Christmas - Matt Austin A roast partridge is a lovely option for Christmas, allowing each guest to have their own bird. What’s more, it’s dead simple to cook and ...

“‘It is very difficult to get partridges nowadays, and they’re very expensive. I should enjoy a partridge—a whole partridge—to myself, very much.’” —Jane Marple, Nemesis, 1971 In this reflective novel ...

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Before the seemingly unstoppable advance of the modern chicken (it was not always going to be this way), wild birds found their way more often into our kitchen and on to our table. Many older domestic ...

Ask for young partridges (weighing approximately 14oz/400g and above). Make a seasoning bundle. Put a slice each of orange and lemon, a crushed garlic clove, a sprig each of thyme and rosemary, a bay ...