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Celebrity Chef Phil Vickery cooks up a pudding storm
This month the celeb chef creates a delicious Blueberry and Passionfruit Cheesecake

Everybody loves a good pud! From homemade apple pie to granny's spotted dick or mum's treacle tart, everyone's a winner. But how often do you make home-made puds and do you really know where to start?

Well don't panic! Celebrity chef Phil Vickery is here to save the day. Have a look at his latest offering . . . read more

If you have missed previous offerings from Phil Vickery then you should have a look at his:

• Toffee Apple Tart
• Millionaires Shortbread

Perhaps Anthony Worrall Thompson can inspire you with one of his video guides to launch his new book The Sweet Life: 101 Indulgent Recipes with Less Sugar which contains 101 dessert recipes for the health conscious:

. . . how to make Chocolate Mousse Cake

. . . how to make Cherry, Apricot and Chocolate Chip Flapjacks

. . . how to make Greek Lemon Puddings

. . . how to make Panettone and Clementine Bread and Butter Pudding

The Master Chef Goes Large Experience - Anybody with any interest in the subject of food will know all about a show on BBC2 called MasterChef Goes Large. David Hall who reached the last four of last year's competition bares his soul and tells what it was like . . . and what the future post MasterChef holds for him . . . read more

Mmmm . . . mussels!
For me the one dish that epitomises eating in France is Moules Marinières. For so many people it is a dish they only eat in restaurants because they are scared of preparing the mussel. Chef Jim Fisher has taken the mystique out of it with his article Buying and Preparing Mussels

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways . . . Chardonnay in one hand . . . chocolate in the other . . . body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming, "WOO HOO, what a ride!"

Kitchen Nightmares . . . real horror stories from the kitchen - No nothing to do with a visit from Gordon Ramsay! Have you ever had things go hopelessly wrong in the kitchen? Do you often feel there is a family of gremlins living somewhere in your kitchen? These are some of the stories that have been contributed by both professional chefs, keen amateur cooks and others in the food industry. Don't cry, just have a good laugh . . . read and relax

Book Review of Gordon Ramsay's Humble Pie - We love the star in the ascendancy in the UK but once it arrives we all want to put it down and bring it down. Is it jealousy of another's success? Certainly there is plenty of sniping and attacking Gordon Ramsay by the different media and it would be hard to find someone who has not heard of him and doesn't have an opinion to express . . . read more

Aromatic guide to the Spanish Kitchen - From the bay leaf to the tiniest strands of saffron, discover what makes Spanish cuisine so special. The Spanish use a mix of various imported spices and homegrown herbs. Discover the most commonly used herbs and spices in Spanish cooking and which the Spanish kitchen should never be without . . . read more

Georges, the goat cheese genius - One taste and I was hooked. I had never tasted a goat cheese so fresh and pure, with not the slightest hint of goatiness. It didn't stick to the palate but caressed the tongue. It made me think of spring flowers and cool mountain air. I knew that somehow, whatever it took, I had to secure a regular supply . . . read more

Food and Wine of Southern France . . . the Languedoc region - Languedoc is the world's largest wine region and one of the most exciting wine producing areas of France. The region stretches from Nimes in the east to the Spanish border in the west, a plain sandwiched between the mountains and the Mediterranean. Gastronomically it is as rich as any other French region owing to the generosity of the sun, land and the sea. The markets are an important source for this incredible choice of fresh food . . . read more

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Smoothies, smoothies and more smoothies - the whole world seems to hav fallen in love with smoothies. Personally I am not agreta fan but I love tomato juice and I suppose, in the days before the word 'smoothie' became the in word, it was one of the firts smoothies. Want to make your own smoothies? For a great selection of smoothie recipes . . . read more

Iain Macdonald and Gayle Hartley, who along with their two year old son, moved to rural Andalucia two years ago to renovate a cave and realise their dream have launched their own specialist business Orce Serrano Hams. Spain is famous for its cured ham and indeed no bar, restaurant or family kitchen would be without one and now you too can buy it for yourself . . . read more

French Snail Farm . . . how snails are bred in France - love them or hate them this article by Gemma Driver of www.gastropod.co.uk teaches you all about the life and loves of a snail on a farm in France . . . read more

Cooking with Kimchi - if the cooking of the Far East fascinates you then this article by Yukari Pratt about this spicy Korean vegetable dish will fascinate you . . . read more

Cooking Holidays, cooking vacations, culinary holidays, culinary vacations, cooking tours or culinary tours . . . whatever you are looking for to do with holidays and cooking Hub-UK can point you in the right direction

It has taken time to create pages to show you what such a holiday is like as it is no good just writing about it - words just cannot convey what you see and do. The pages created illustrate what you can expect from this sort of holiday. Many similar holidays to this can found in the Cooking Holidays section of the site.

If you do not have a high speed Internet connection the pages may be slow to load because of the number of photographs . . . it will be worth the wait.

Tuscany . . . more info	Provence . . . more info

If you need help or advice or just need a question answering then email cooking.holidays@hub-uk.com

Apparently a lot of people search for RECIPIES (note the spelling). Have they just mis-spelt the word recipes or by searching for recipies were they actually looking for a recipie for a pie?

Here are some of the Recipies you will find on Hub-UK:

• Pork Pie Recipie

• Minced Beef Pie Recipie

• Apple and Blackberry Pie Recipie

. . . if you would like to find more pie recipes use the search box on the left of each page.

Designasausage’ Kits Make Child’s Play of Sausage Making . . . ever thought of making your own sausages? Worried that your kids are eating too much fat? Alarmed at the quality of some processed meat products? Then making sausages at home might just be the thing for you . . . . read more

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Tips on Knife Maintenance - a few knife sharpening hints. All straight edge knives need to be sharpened regularly. It is easy, just learn the procedure of washing the knife, drying it, and then steeling it before putting the knife away in a protected sleeve or knife holder . . . read more

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