It's not all about tinsel and trees...

...how to celebrate a reindeer-free Christmas in Provence

Dec 3 • 

Elisabeth Luard

18

4

1

November 2025

The Turkey has a Foreign Face

...the mysteries of Thanksgiving explained

Nov 27 • 

Elisabeth Luard

21

3

2

Truffle Extra with a couple of classic truffle recipes from the Perigord...

..."Chicken in Half-mourning" and "Truffled Eggs Baked in Shells with Cream"

Nov 18 • 

Elisabeth Luard

10

2

The secret thrill of the truffle

....it's all about the pheromones.

Nov 13

30

7

4

Extra Bayleaves, featuring how to set up a proper Cockaleekie

and an Overnight Rice Pudding

Nov 3 • 

Elisabeth Luard

14

13

2

October 2025

Bayleaf, the flavouring you don't really notice

...till you find it's already there

Oct 27 • 

Elisabeth Luard

38

11

8

Back to the 1930's Extra

....with instructions for Barbara Pancakes (guess who!)

Oct 17 • 

Elisabeth Luard

6

How to be a cook-hostess in the 1930's (part 2)

...with the assistance of banana parfait, Elsie de Wolfe, Wallis Simpson, and my grandmother

Oct 15 • 

Elisabeth Luard

22

12

Quince Extra

...with a couple of autumnal one-pots from Anatolia and Andalucia

Oct 10 • 

Elisabeth Luard

13

1

1

The glories of the mighty quince

...a Greek stifado and an English ratafia

Oct 6 • 

Elisabeth Luard

34

16

1

Virginia Woolf at Table (part 2)

...dinner is served by an Oxford landlady in 1929

Oct 2 • 

Elisabeth Luard

7

5

1

September 2025

At High Table with Virginia Woolf

...not forgetting the custard

Sep 28 • 

Elisabeth Luard

35

8

2