Hi Laura - I went to the Birmingham Good Food Show last year and saw one or two chefs signing autographs and they were really getting involved with the audiences etc. If you look at my foodblog
www.kitchen-delights.blogspot.com
you will see some photographs I have posted and a few words about the show. Have a great time - and by the way, wear some comfy shoes!!!

Hi Jayne - I have a UK foodblog - would you like to take a peek. www.kitchen-delights.blogspot.com
Hope you enjoy having a look. Its always nice to welcome new visitors to my site.

I have had two breadmakers - the first one was useless - I only had a success if I bought a packet mix. My now beloved machine which I have had for sometime is a Panasonic - perfection everytime. See my fairly new foodblog where I have written a short piece about the breadmaker - www.kitchen-delights.blogspot.com

Hi - I agree with Mrs Woof Woof - a microwave steamer is perfect. Weigh out the basmati rice - good quality of course! Put in the steamer with some boiling water to cover, cook 4 minutes and stir, cook another 4 minutes and then let stand for 2 minutes. Perfect.
See my foodblog www.kitchen-delights.blogspot.com

Which is your favourite Nigella recipe and why?

I enjoy looking at www.kitchen-delights.blogspot.com.
The photography is lovely.

After all the Xmas food I long to eat - chicken, topped with bacon and melted cheese with a barbeque sauce - does anyone have a recipe for this please!

this is a new UK food blog I have come across - www.delias-recipes-reviewed.blogspot.com - this seems to be worthwhile dipping in and out of - what do you think?

A new food blog to try that comes from a different angle - [link]

art 1 - you are very informed - how come you have so much information up your sleeve? I agree with your comments Cat.

I meant Anthony Bourdain not Frank Bourdain.

I never eat in these places - I like good restaurants etc. and to try to know where the food comes from. I have always been curious to know how they put a steak etc on your plate for under a fiver and where they source the meat from. I read something by Frank Bourdain in the distant past and cannot for the life of me remember what he said about these kind of places. Anyway, thankyou for taking the time and trouble to reply to my question.

Does anyone know anything about the quality of the meat etc. at pubs where they sell a steak and chips etc. for under a fiver. I am always very suspicious because I do not know how they can sell food for this price.

Thank you Snowlight. Very informative.

Try Nigella's recipe for blueberry muffins - they are yummy.

I would like to cook a quiche/flan next week, preferably one without any meat content. I have been cooking a different one every week recently but would like some new ideas please.

I would like to cook a quiche/flan next week, preferably one without any meat content. I have been cooking a different one every week recently but would like some new ideas please.

I didn't know you could cook chicken, pork or lamb without liquid. I also have a Morphy Richards slow cooker - what setting do you put them on and how long do you cook them for? Many thanks.

Which juicer should I buy. My old very basic one has just died on me. All the reviews are very confusing. Recommendations would be much appreciated.

Does anyone know a really good book on this please?

Anyone have a recipe for this please. I would like to make this tonight. Have trawled my recipe books but I am fed up now with looking.

I am looking for a delicious cheese and onion flan with a good custard base. Can anyone help please. Have searched all my recipe books but have not been able to come up with a decent recipe.

Many thanks for your help. I agree this recipe does look particularly good - I will bake the pastry case first though before adding my filling. I am thinking summer - nice things to eat out in the garden.

I am trying to find a recipe for leek and stilton quiche but so far have not had any luck - does anyone have a recipe for this please. Many thanks.

This oven is brilliant. I can't praise it enough. Took delivery last week and very easy to use. Have so far cooked salmon steak, seabass, chicken breast, sirloin steak, sirloin joint and I am at the moment cooking jacket potatoes. Was very sceptical and thought oh no I've been taken in again!! How wrong was I. Chijl I think your conventional oven is the best option for baking a cake. It is impossible to ruin anything in this oven, everything is excellent and cooks quite quickly.

I have no idea. I have just ordered one from the television. When I have tried it out I will leave a message for you all, telling you the pros and cons, and if it actually works.

Lakeland used to sell them - I don't know if they still do.

I went to London last week - looked in the Good Restaurant Guide and came up with Carluccio's. I went to Market Place just off Oxford Street (very noisy inside), can recommend the vegetarian lasagne - yummy - excellent value for money. Full menu can be seen on their website. Maybe I would go to Carluccio's in Kensington next time.

You are being great Bungey. Did you buy your nu wave oven from the Digital shopping channel? Also, have you cooked roast beef, lamb and pork joints in the oven. How do pork and lamb chops come out. Do you use it cook steaks, can it casserole beef etc. Or is it for fast cooking only. Many thanks for your help.

Alex - a Nu Wave Oven is a round countertop turbo oven it works on convection, fan and infrared and is supposed to save on energy - we just had our energy bill recently and it wasn't a pretty sight.

Thanks Bungey. At last someone who has purchased a Nu Wave Oven. Are the joints and chickens cooked to perfection, do they dry out or are they succulent? Are they really worth the money and kitchen space? Do they roast vegetables?

Does anyone know anything about these ovens - you know the one - it is advertised on digital T.V. A reply would be appreciated.

Thanks Alex.

Do these round cookers as advertised on TV really work? Will they steam vegetables, do they roast in the same way as a conventional oven? Are they really worth the expense and space?

Found all the relevant information. Many thanks to you Rustie.

Not just any old recipe for scones but I would like to have a brilliant recipe for large scones, just like the ones made by chefs in good restaurants. Many thanks.

Rustie, I have looked at all previous discussions, but this still did not tell me how to make a buttermilk substitute. Many thanks.

Sometimes it is difficult to obtain buttermilk. Does anyone know how to make a substitute? Many thanks.