Wine, food, cooking and accessories

Whether you’re an amateur chef or the kind of person who just eats to live – you can help the environment by composting while you cook. Brian Turner shows you how easy it is to cut down on the rubbish sent to landfill in this short film.

“I just wanted to thank-you all for a really good day yesterday. We all enjoyed it – the facilities were ideal for our needs, the food was excellent and the chocolate making was wonderful – there were a few poorly looking people this morning from eating too many chocolates. We shall certainly be recommending you [...]

Learn to bake like granny with our traditional bakery course at Coghlans Cookery School in Chesterfield. The course typically covers a selection of items such as apple pie, banana bread, fruit scones, carrot cake and Victoria sandwich cake. You will bake at least 4 items and decorate them if needed – leaving with a selection [...]

The demonstration follows recipes from the books and recently the film starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams. Julie and Julia isn’t just a film for foodies, although I’ll warn you now not to go to this movie on an empty stomach. People have been driven crazy by the mouth-watering dishes on display in Julie and [...]

You know how it is, you have peeled and boiled a couple of extra spuds and your portions are all out and you are left with a great big dollop. Don’t throw it away as mashed potato is a really versatile food. They are great for potato cakes, potato dumplings or just serve again as [...]

Ingredients : 2 Eggs 140ml (5fl oz) Vegetable oil 200g (7oz) Soft light 300g (11oz) Grated carrot (weight when grated) 100g (3 ½ oz) Raisins 75g (3oz) Pecans or walnuts, chopped (optional) 180g (6 ½ oz) self-raising flour Pinch of salt ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda 1 tsp ground cinnamon ½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg [...]

Simon Lilley’s recipe for his famous Beef Stroganoff : Ingredients : 500g Fillet of beef, tail end 60g Butter 40g Shallots, finely chopped 400ml Cream 1/2 Lemon, juice of Chopped parsley Salt and pepper Equipment : Raw meat chopping board Large frying pan Knife Weighing scales Spoon Method : Cut the beef into strips 5cm [...]

Coghlans Cookery School now have the Le Creuset “Cook n Bake” silicone moulds and the Le Creuset Chefs Apron on sale at half price. Le Creuset Cook n Bake mould. Now only £7.50 making them perfect for making muffins this summer. Heat and cold resistant these moulds will always retain their shape, never go rusty [...]

Famed for its longevity and quality this short video shows how the Le Creuset range of cast iron is made. For offers on the whole range of Le Creuset products including cast iron, non-stick and siliconware see www.cookingexpert.co.uk