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Cooking Tips: What to do with Aubergines

Q Aubergines are really cheap at the market right now. Any interesting ways to use them?Read

Steve's Top Tips: Keeping your game moist

Q What’s the best way to cook game so it doesn’t dry out?Read

Steve's Top Tips: Risotto of pearl barley should be like molten lava

Q I’ve heard about a risotto made with pearl barley. How does that work?Read

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Q I roasted a joint of pork at a very low heat for several hours but the crackling wasn’t crisp. I baisted it regularly. Where did I go wrong?Read

How do I bake a salt crust on fish or meat?

Q How does a salt crust work when cooking fish or meat? Doesn’t it make it very salty?Read

Steve's Top Tips: Your recipe for plaice or mine?

Q Other than the normal way of cooking plaice (ie, frying or grilling) can you suggest a recipe?Read

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Q. We are planning a barbeque this weekend and wanted some recommendations of what to do?Read

Steve's Top tips: Add flavour to courgettes with herbs

Q I’ve got a glut of yellow courgettes that I want to use in a salad. Is it possible to marinade them to serve them raw?Read

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Q. I have apples ripe on my tree at home. What can I do with them.Read

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Q. What can I do with an abundance of strawberries?Read

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Q. I love Moroccan food, especially tagines. Are they easy to make?Read

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Q. I had a cold, white soup in Spain made, I think, with almonds and garlic. Any ideas how it might have been made?Read

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QWhat’s the difference between ice cream and semifreddo and are they easy to make?Read

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Q. What is the secret of a really good rice pudding?Read

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Q. I’ve been buying bags of tomatoes at the Bull Ring open market at a great price to make soup. Any other ways they could be used?Read

Steve's Top Tips: You can't beat my meatballs

Q. I made some meatballs in tomato sauce but they fell apart. Do you have a recipe that works?Read

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QI tried to glaze a ham with honey in the oven recently, but it burned. How do you stop it burning?Read

Steve's Top Tips: Put heart into sweetbreads

Q. Any advice for someone about to cook lamb sweetbreads for the first time?Read

Steve's Top Tips: Secret to a top potato salad...

Q. Can you suggest a potato salad recipe that won’t be stodgy?Read

Steve's Top Tips: It's the time to enjoy asparagus at its very best

Q English asparagus is now available. Do you have any sugestions of something to do with it?Read