Party/4 recipes

Parkin is a variety of gingerbread, good warming stuff to eat out of doors in cold weather. When I was a child, it was always a firm favourite for the firework party on Bonfire Night each year. This is adapted from my mother's recipe.

Southern Thai recipe

Pickled Herring recipe

We served this lemonade at our Housewarming party – the perfect mix of sweet and tart – it was a hit!

Several kinds of spices give the stew lots of flavor, butternut squash adds some sweetness, dried cherries give another zing.

Elvis Presley's Sweet Potato Pie recipe

Italian holiday meal

A succulent corned beef dish that will have you hooked just by making it! Tastes great with rice, noodles or mashed potatoes.