RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Heather honey cake

  Emma Sturgess' fabulous cake is made with heather honey from north-east England and as it bakes, will fill the kitchen with the distinctive heather honey aroma

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  Baked beans with potatoes and cheese

  Matthew Fort jazzes up a simple baked beans with chunks of potato and hot bubbling cheese

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  Lobster with garlic butter

  Nothing goes better with lobster than garlic butter, and lots of it.

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  Chitterlings and potato salad

  Chitterlings get the soul food treatment from Charita Jones to make a hearty dish full of Southern comfort

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  Smoked trout with tarragon mayonnaise

  Sophie Grigson makes a pretty, easy starter for a summer evening, with a sharp crisp salad of cucumber and radish and a rich herb scented mayonnaise

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  Brandy snaps

  Toffee-coloured biscuits laced with spice and a billowing cream centre from Eleanor Smallwood

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  Kosher chicken soup

  Vanessa’s credit crunch lunch makes the most of roast chicken leftovers, using the leftover meat in salads and sandwiches and the carcass for this soup

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  Chocolate fudge

  The Women’s Institute fudge makes a great Christmas or birthday present wrapped up in a pretty home-made presentation box

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  Escoveitch fish and festival

  Collin Brown’s recipe for fried fish and cornmeal fritters is a traditional Caribbean method of cooking

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  Chilli-fried potted shrimps

  Atul Kochhar has a soft spot for English potted shrimps, but likes things a bit spicier