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Kentishtowner Kitchen: Slow Cooked Pork with Apples & Cider

My trusty slow cooker was the best moving-in present I ever got. Pop everything in there in the morning and when you return in the …

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Kentishtowner Kitchen: Oliver Rowe’s Bechamel Sauce

White sauce was the first thing I learnt how to cook and is, ostensibly, a very easy thing to make. However, it took me a …

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Kentishtowner Kitchen: Romesco Sauce – With Lamb or Eggs?

Romesco sauce is a staple round ours. It perks up a bit of pan-fried bream, is the perfect chaperone for chicken or lamb, and gives …

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Kentishtowner Kitchen: Patisserie Diaries (Part 2)

We begin and I’m feeling overwhelmed. After being unceremoniously dumped, the future I had envisioned now has a decidedly sunken middle. In a new environment …

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Kentishtowner Kitchen: Pissaladiere – Two Ways

As some readers will know, we love an anchovy. Yes, its rich, fishy flavour can be an acquired taste, but persist and it’s the perfect …

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Kentishtowner Kitchen: Mini Carrot Cakes With Cinnamon Icing

One of my all time favourite tea time treats is a big slice of carrot cake, maybe with a pot of English breakfast from Map …

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Kentishtowner Kitchen: Mackerel, Samphire & Beetroot Salsa

Mackerel is one of the most underrated fish around, and a favourite in the Kentishtowner Kitchen. Yes, it’s rich in protein and fatty acid omega-3, …

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Free Weekend? Olive-Tasting at Borough Market with 9 year old Amelie

Our diminutive critic is back! Prodigious young Amelie, 9, finally follows up her hugely successful debut column ‘The Olive Diaries’ with a trip to world-famous …

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Kentishtowner Kitchen: The Patisserie Diaries (Part 1)

So here I stand in my spotless chef whites, tool box in hand and taste buds at the ready. This column will follow the highs …

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Kentishtowner Kitchen: Congee Comfort Food

Congee is essentially a gruel. But don’t let the Dickensian horrors that word conjures up put you off a dish that is arguably more of …

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