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Read tales from behind the scenes, meet our suppliers and get inspiration for your next Cornish adventure. Plus, stories from Rick’s travels and the odd recipe too.

Christmas cooking tips from Alex Clark

15.12.2014

Enjoy some more top Christmas tips- these are from our head chef of The Cornish Arms in St. Merryn, to help give your Christmas dinner ...

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Rick Stein Christmas hampers

19.11.2014

Have you seen our festive range of Christmas hampers this year? From Christmas puddings to deluxe Christmas hampers, we have our very ...

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Mark Puckey’s guide to kitchen knives part II

15.11.2014

Recently, Mark Puckey gave us some tips on how to source the perfect knife. In the second part of his featured blog post, he gives us ...

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Mark Puckey’s guide to kitchen knives part 1

15.10.2014

Ever wondered what you need to look for when shopping for a good kitchen knife? Our head chef lecturer at Padstow Seafood School, Mark ...

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Get snappy with our top 5 photography tips

03.07.2014

With our annual photography competition underway we thought it would be a good time to share a few handy tips and tricks of the trade ...

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Top tips for jam making

05.06.2014

We’re celebrating all things jam on the blog this week. It’s the perfect time to make up a batch, as strawberries, raspberries and ...

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Half term activities in Cornwall

21.05.2014

If you haven’t made plans for the holiday yet, don’t worry, we’ve got it covered.  We’ve selected our favourite family days ...

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Top tips for perfect homemade bread

02.05.2014

In May we celebrate sandwich week. It was some 250 years ago when the 4th of  Earl of Sandwich called for his servant to bring him some ...

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Jack Stein’s Cornish chilli crab from BBC Saturday Kitchen

16.04.2014

This is a variant of the classic Singapore chilli crab using British brown crab which has a much sweeter flavour. I also like to add ...

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