Posts in the Category: Lamb

The most delicious leg of lamb recipe, ever!

Posted in - gluten free & Lamb on June 2nd 2020 0 Comments

And it is not down to me, but to the late James Beard, a brilliant American chef who died aged 81 in 1985. Among the many things he said on the importance of good food is ‘If ever I had to practice cannibalism, I might manage if there were enough tarragon around.’ And part of his …

Eat meat from happily reared animals, and then you have their permission to really enjoy what you eat. Seconded by my great great grandmother, Dorothy Peel, in her books 100 years ago: ‘To judge by a letter which has appeared in the daily press and from private conversations it would seem that many people think that to abstain from meat on one of two days a week and to limit their total consumption to 2 ½ lb. per head per week is a restriction which may seriously affect their health. To be quite frank, it may affect their greed, but it certainly will not adversely affect their health; indeed, there seems good reason to think that less meat-eating would improve the health of the well-to-do.’ Mrs C.S. Peel, The Eat Less Meat Book, 1917