many aeons ago, there was a thread on here about making bread .... it died, perhaps because man shall not live by bread alone ..... anyway, there seem to be a fair number of people on this site who enjoy cooking, so i thought to start a thread for recipes and associated topics.

i'm assuredly no expert, but i reckon i cook tolerably well, and i know that any recipe i paste here, genuinely works - even for those who can only shop from supermarkets!

a starter recipe follows ......

I think it was the kind of restaurant where the clientel are happy to have a decent Chateau bottle on the table. I agree that in many less expensive restaurants the house carafe is very drinkable......it's a social statement to have a bottle on the table!