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Where for art thou treacle tart...
Chef Nick Martin	By chefnick on Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Now if you need a winter warmer or just a very comfort food, Let's get ...

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I wandered lonely as a chef....
Chef Nick Martin	By chefnick on Friday, October 27, 2006

Oh wow I have certainly earned my money this week, a bit of a shock to the system to say th ...

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A Food Historian's Diary
Historic Food - Ivan Day	By historicfood on 10/24/2006

A lot of people often ask me what kind of a job is a food historian? What do you actually do and how ...

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Turkeys, fruit, pumpkins and a day out at Acorn Bank
On the farm at Howbarrow	By Paul Hughes on 10/19/2006

Will you participate in the www.historymatters.org.uk blog to record your day (17th Oct)? This is mi ...

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Nostalgia isn't what it used to be !
Chef Nick Martin	By chefnick on Wednesday, October 18, 2006

I feel like I've gone back in a time warp, because this week I've been working at the Swan hotel in ...

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Pesto, tractors, the Sunday papers and a carrot joke.....
On the farm at Howbarrow	By Paul Hughes on 10/17/2006

7am it's still dark, a sign that Autumn is now upon us! The daytime temperatures remain hig ...

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Back to work on Monday.
Chef Nick Martin	By chefnick on Monday, October 09, 2006

"That's It " - Imagine how I felt this morning, I turned up for work at ...

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Them turkeys are growing....
On the farm at Howbarrow	By Paul Hughes on 10/9/2006

With the temperatures staying high, the grazing for our sheep continues to be good, with th ...

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Nick with Jean-Christophe Novelli.
Chef Nick Martin	By chefnick on Monday, October 02, 2006

Well what a fantastic day today is turning out to be, I got a phone cal ...

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Paddling at the cookery school.
Chef Nick Martin	By chefnick on Thursday, September 28, 2006

Well it was a bit of a wet start to today,when I arrived at Lucy cooks in Staveley there was 2&q ...

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