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1. U-Turn Dave U-Turn Dave If times were not so serious a lot of the current government shenanigans would be laughable. A comedy scriptwriter couldn’t make it up. Let’s first skip past the pre-election promises they did U-turns on, because... (posted by kevin 312 days 18 hours ago.)

2. The NHS and the State Of The Union by Kevin Ashton I'm British born but I have worked for almost 14 years in the USA so I think I am better qualified than most to talk about the pluses of Britain's NHS versus medical care or lack of it in America. It is so annoying to hear all the scare... (posted by kevin 2 years 283 days ago.)

3. Great Recipes That Work-White Chocolate Cake with Roasted Peaches (serves 6) Kevin Ashton 2008 I wanted to combine peaches and chocolate in a dessert, but felt dark chocolate would be too bitter and milk chocolate would simply not work. I reasoned if I were careful to make sure neither the white chocolate filling nor the... (posted by kevin 3 years 69 days ago.)

4. Great Recipes That Work--Basque Chicken Pie (serves 6-8) Kevin Ashton 2007 This wonderful traditional Basque Pie is great served either hot or cold. Filling 1 yellow pepper 1 red pepper 1 green pepper 1 onion finely chopped 200g (8oz) ripe tomatoes 2 garlic cloves peeled 50g (2oz) cooked ham 300g (12oz) diced cooked... (posted by kevin 3 years 86 days ago.)

5. Great Recipes That Work-Lemon Yogurt Cake with Red Fruits Lemon Yogurt Cake with Red Fruit (serves 6) copyright Kevin Ashton 2008 *This first appeared in my column in January this year hence the reference to the holidays. After eating a little too much during the holidays I thought it might be... (posted by kevin 3 years 99 days ago.)

6. Great recipes That Work-Bramley Apple Crisp (serves 4) Bramley,the best cooking apple in the world celebrates it's 200th birthday this year. Throughout the year various chefs and food pundits will be telling you this, but don't forget where you heard this first. Wanting to make this "apple crumble"... (posted by kevin 3 years 103 days ago.)

7. Warm Smoked Duck Salad with Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette (serves4) 1994 Thanks to all those people who turned up to watch me cook at The Royal Show on Monday July 2nd. As promised here is the first of four recipes I demonstrated there. Smoked duck is a delicious versatile dish that can be used in many ways.... (posted by kevin 3 years 137 days ago.)

8. Lemon Roulade with Homemade Lemon Curd (serves 6) Kevin Ashton 2007 In the next day or two lots of us will feel like we overdid it in the food or drinks department. I thought therefore you might appreciate my light lemon roularde. In this recipe I decided to make my own Lemon Curd to show you how very... (posted by kevin 3 years 144 days ago.)

9. Hot Food News-Food Banned From Schools Still Served Up To Toddlers In Nurseries *This news item came across my desk recently and I felt that I should retell it to a wider audience. When my (ex) partner and I considered sending our daughter Felicia to nursery we felt it important to find one were there was an... (posted by kevin 3 years 144 days ago.)

10. Great recipes that work-Crab Cakes with Thai Curry Sauce Kevin Ashton 2008 I'm sure that lots of you have seen enough turkey for a while so I thought you might like to try some of my crabcakes. It was during my first stint working in the USA in the seaside resort of Ocean City that I fell in love with a crab! The... (posted by kevin 3 years 146 days ago.)

11. Great Recipes That Work-Marble Chocolate Torte with Sour Cherries Often for an occasion like New Year's Eve you want to push the boat a little and create a dessert that gets talked about for weeks after. This dessert I first saw created in Amsterdam at The Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, by an outrageously good... (posted by kevin 3 years 161 days ago.)

12. Cookbook Review-Gary Rhodes 365 When I heard of Gary's new cookbook, I was to say the least a little sceptical. 365 recipes is an incredible number of recipes to pack into one book. To put it another way I've been writing a weekly recipe column for just over 5 years. ... (posted by kevin 3 years 206 days ago.)

13. Cookbook Review-Cornucopia at home If you ever spent any amount of time in Dublin then you're bound to have heard of Cornucopia. It's a well-established, much-loved vegetarian restaurant. Open 1986 by Neil and Deirdre McCafferty. Situated on Wicklow Street it has a warm inviting... (posted by kevin 3 years 206 days ago.)

14. Tip of The Week-Parmesan Cheese v Grand Padano Cheese In Europe up until 5-6 years ago Grand Padano Cheese was called and considered a type of Parmesan cheese. Then EC laws made it illegal to call it Parmesan Cheese (in Europe) unless it was produced within the recognised Parmesan area. This... (posted by kevin 3 years 215 days ago.)

15. Hot Food Issues-Why are Bees Disappearing? This is an important global story rumbling on in the background, barely getting the news coverage it deserves. With the wars is Iraq and Afghanistan, and then this global financial crisis, surely the problem of a few dead bees can not be of equal... (posted by kevin 3 years 216 days ago.)

16. Great recipes that work--Chicken with Morel Mushrooms and Country Ham *Just wanted to point out that this recipe was published September 2007 in my newspaper column before anybody starts sending me get well cards. The foot except for a scar has healed though it did take over two months. MY week's holiday... (posted by kevin 3 years 239 days ago.)

17. "Grumpyoldmen"-Patrick Moore..better than bushy ears After reading our recent posting "The Scary thing about Clubbing and Bushy Ears", one of our readers bemoaned that they have luxurious growing eyebrows indeed the person expressed a fear of becoming Patrick Moore (ish). So I felt a need to... (posted by kevin 3 years 249 days ago.)

18. "Grumpyoldmen"--The Scary Thing About Clubbing and Bushy Ears When I was 18-25…..I enjoyed night clubbing, dancing. Occasionally a side effect of not finding a girl when clubbing was you had too much time to drink your beer and you'd ended up drunk. It was rare to go out and... (posted by kevin 3 years 250 days ago.)

19. Great Recipes That Work-Lobster and Roasted Pepper Risotto (serves 2-3) *I wrote this recipe just before Christmas last year (2007) Christmas Dinner is not always a huge family celebration, for some people it might mean dinner for 2 or 3. Why cook a turkey and all the trimmings? Only to spend the next week trying to... (posted by kevin 3 years 257 days ago.)

20. BBQ Hints & Tips Although the summer weather in the UK has been poor this year, being a Bank Holiday Weekend a lot of folks will be trying to light their BBQ's one last time. Year on year outdoor cooking has become bigger and bigger and yet a large number of... (posted by kevin 3 years 273 days ago.)

21. "Grumpyoldmen"...on Olympic logo.........A Go-Go Some months ago I wrote about the controversy surrounding the London Olympic logo for 2012.but I never got around to posting it. I thought with games on in China this would be a good time to post this blog and see whether the people of the UK have... (posted by kevin 3 years 288 days ago.)

22. "Grumpyoldmen"---Have British Parents Gone AWOL? It seems that there is a growing gap between reality and the comfort of perception. Supposed good, caring parents are allowing their teenage kids to get drunk and get into all kinds of experimental sexual behaviour. Age Being in the restaurant... (posted by kevin 3 years 300 days ago.)

23. It was over before it Began...Is Stourport about to be Butchered? Here is a story I was trying to write about Tesco's building yet another large supermarket. I had only heard of the plans two weeks before a vital council meeting. I sent these notes to my editor to give her the outline of the situation but once... (posted by kevin 3 years 301 days ago.)

24. "Grumpyoldmen" --Common Sense...is not so common any more We historically call it Common senseit's the thing that we all are supposed to possess. We used to use it to decide on the proper course of action, in a given situation. In the past it helped frame our common laws and morals. Ancient man... (posted by kevin 3 years 306 days ago.)

25. "Grumpyoldmen" --Do You Think You're Sexy? I don't know about youbut there has definitely been a few times in my life when I felt I didn't belong. In other words, the people around me have behaved so strangely.I end up wondering whether an Alien invasion had taken place whilst I was... (posted by kevin 3 years 306 days ago.)