Food & Drink

By SHEENA RAWCLIFFE Vegetable Lasagne THE IMPORTANT thing for a fine vegetable lasagne is a good, fruity, well-flavoured sauce.   Ingredients: Sauce • 2 tins tomatoes – chopped or buy them

IN PORTUGAL we have recently experienced a considerable amount of rain and, even though temperatures have remained reasonably high, your thoughts may already have turned to warming meals. This weekend

IN MY opinion, parsnips are one of the most underrated vegetables. Many of us think of serving them only at Christmastime, perhaps because they are not readily available in Portugal

By Sheena Rawcliffe SALMON IS a wonderful fish with all sorts of health-giving properties. A simple dish is griddle salmon with stir fried vegetables. As salmon is an oily fish,

By Sheena Rawcliffe WITH A little over two months to Christmas, you should now be thinking of making your Christmas cake. I have used the following recipe for the last

By Sheena Rawcliffe THE IMPORTANT thing for the success of stir frying is to ensure that your wok (ideally) or large frying pan is very hot, the vegetables are dry,

WINEMINE’S POPULAR daily wine tasting is continuing throughout October. Each week will be themed on a different grape variety. These events present a great opportunity to visitors to taste and

By Sheena Rawcliffe THIS DESSERT originated in America and is a rich cousin to Lemon Meringue Pie. Ingredients: • Your chosen pastry case. • 10-12 limes – this will depend