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British Isles Cuisine, Kitchen & Dining
The traditions behind the food: afternoon tea, British baking, the Sunday roast. Recipes that belong to them, tools to plan them, and honest guides to the kitchen and table that make them work.
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Recipe · 3 hr
Millionaire's Shortbread
Buttery shortbread, thick golden caramel and a layer of chocolate: the richest traybake in the tin.
Kitchen design
Butcher's Blocks and Kitchen Trolleys: Extra Worktop Without an Island
A freestanding butcher's block or trolley adds prep space and storage to a kitchen too small for an island.
Buying guide
Cake Servers and Cake Slices: How to Choose
The wedge-shaped server that lifts a neat slice of cake or tart onto a plate without breaking it.
Recipe · 40 min
Ulster Fry
Northern Ireland's cooked breakfast, made unique by soda farls and potato bread fried golden in the pan.
Kitchen design
Spice Storage Ideas: Racks, Drawers and Jars
How to store spices so they stay fresh and you can find them: racks, drawers, shelves and labelling.
Buying guide
Serving Trays for Tea and Entertaining
Size, handles and surface: how to pick a tray that carries a full tea service safely.
Cuisine
Explore the British Isles
English Food
Roasts, pies, puddings and regional bakes from Yorkshire to Cornwall.
Scottish Food
Shortbread, oats, smoked fish and the Burns supper.
Welsh Food
Welsh cakes, bara brith, lamb and leeks.
Irish Food
Soda bread, stews and the breads of the Irish kitchen.
Northern Irish Food
Griddle breads, the Ulster fry and home baking.
Kitchen
Kitchen design & decor ideas
Kitchen design
Butcher's Blocks and Kitchen Trolleys: Extra Worktop Without an Island
A freestanding butcher's block or trolley adds prep space and storage to a kitchen too small for an island.
Kitchen design
Spice Storage Ideas: Racks, Drawers and Jars
How to store spices so they stay fresh and you can find them: racks, drawers, shelves and labelling.
Kitchen design
Pot Racks and Utensil Rails: Hanging Kitchen Storage
Ceiling racks, wall rails and hooks: how to free up cupboards by hanging pans and tools where you use them.
Kitchen design
Ceiling Clothes Airers: The Pulley Airer Explained
How a traditional pulley airer works, where to put one, and how to fit it safely.
Kitchen design
Plate Racks: Drying and Displaying China the Old Way
Wall-hung and over-sink plate racks: the simple piece of kitchen furniture that dries and stores plates at once.
Kitchen design
Kitchen Splashbacks: Tile, Glass, Stone or Wood?
What works behind a hob and a sink, how the main materials compare, and how high to take them.
Kitchen design
The Unfitted Kitchen: Freestanding Furniture Instead of Fitted Units
Dressers, larder cupboards and a big table: how the old country-house way of furnishing a kitchen works today.
Kitchen design
A Windowsill Herb Garden for Your Kitchen
Which herbs grow well indoors, how to keep them going, and the pots and planters that work best.
Kitchen
Bake & cook
Guides
Choose well
Buying guide
Baking Trays and Bun Tins: What You Need
Flat baking sheets, deep trays and bun tins: which to own for biscuits, scones and mince pies.
Buying guide
Cake Servers and Cake Slices: How to Choose
The wedge-shaped server that lifts a neat slice of cake or tart onto a plate without breaking it.
Buying guide
Carving Knives and Forks for the Sunday Roast
What makes a good carving knife and fork, and how to carve a joint neatly.
Recipes
Traditional bakes & classics
Recipe · 3 hr
Millionaire's Shortbread
Buttery shortbread, thick golden caramel and a layer of chocolate: the richest traybake in the tin.
Recipe · 40 min
Ulster Fry
Northern Ireland's cooked breakfast, made unique by soda farls and potato bread fried golden in the pan.
Recipe · 3 hr 30 min
Beef and Ale Pie
Tender beef braised in dark ale under a golden puff pastry lid: a proper pub classic at home.
Recipe · 1 hr 30 min
Barmbrack (Irish Tea Brack)
A dark, sticky Irish fruit loaf made with tea-soaked fruit: the traditional bake for Halloween.
Recipe · 40 min
Crempog (Welsh Pancakes)
Thick buttermilk pancakes cooked on a bakestone, buttered and stacked high.
Recipe · 1 hr 10 min
Stovies
Potatoes and onions slowly "stoved" in dripping with leftover roast meat: Scotland's great thrifty supper.
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