RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Mackerel fillets with a celeriac and anchovy salad

  Chris Coubrough’s dinner party dish is a wonderful combination of fresh flavours and textures

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  Stir-fried eel with black bean sauce

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  Italian antipasti plate

  For a fabulous couldn't-be-easier starter, do an Italian job and simply buy in some deli-delicious goodies, as Jo Pratt suggests

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  Rice and peas

  Junior Francis shows Gary Rhodes how to make this traditional Caribbean dish, which is the perfect accompaniment to high spiced meat or poultry dishes. It should really be called rice and beans though, since there is not a pea in sight.

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  Fancy cupcakes

  For a pretty sweet treat, Silvana Franco’s super simple cupcakes can be frosted or decorated in any way you choose

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  Aubergine salad

  This deliciously different salad from Edna Alexakis works especially well with barbecued food

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  Butcher’s wife’s pork chops

  ‘King of Pork’ Stephane Raynaud makes a simple French dish - côte de cochon charcutière - using Britain’s favourite cut of pork.

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  Traffic light ice lollies

  Colourful, fun and a great way to give fresh fruit to your children.

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  Salmon salad with buttermilk dressing

  Diana Henry’s delicious salmon and potato salad makes a terrific quick supper or light lunch dish

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  Orange and Brazil nut cake

  A magnificent cake from James Martin - moist, nutty and deliciously flavoured with citrus, with an optional creamy chocolate coating