RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Steamed chicken with mushrooms

  A healthy steamed dish with delicate flavours inspired by Chinese herbal medicine - from Gary Rhodes

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  Spring platter

  Diana Henry creates a plentiful platter using seasonal produce, including asparagus, young broad beans and Teruel ham, served with an anchovy and caper mayonnaise

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  Proper 'old fashioned' pork pie

  This appetising traditional pork pie from Mike Robinson and Alan Haywood combines juicy pork and bacon in crisp golden pastry

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  Vacherin with truffles

  Stuart Gillies uses a shaving of pungent white truffle to transform cheese on potatoes into a dinner party spectacular

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  Lion head soup

  This sensational Shanghai dish of large crab meat and pork balls, from Gary Rhodes, is served in an aromatic broth that's both soothing and delicious

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  Seared Cornish squid with chorizo

  Paul Merrett cooks a tapas-style dish of seared Cornish squid with spicy sausage

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  Stuffed breast of veal with fennel and green olives

  For a winning way to feed friends for a special occasion, try Tamasin Day-Lewis' stuffed breast of veal with wine-enriched sauce

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  Shortbread toffee crumble ice cream bars

  From A Cook's Tour of Scotland

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  Chicken aku paku

  From Zanzibar, Paul Merrett's piquant chicken dish sings with coconut, cardamom and chilli

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  Cauliflower and green bean salad with dolcelatte

  Italian cheese, pine nuts and herbs give cauliflower an Italian makeover in Silvana Franco's special lunchtime salad