11. Happy pigs taste better

I Don't particularly want to hang on to Jamie Oliver’s shirt-tails, but I reckon I have a better reason than most food writers.

12. Flip flip hooray! Pancake day recipes

It’s time to get messy in the kitchen. Go on, pour some sugar on. If you are American, they are what you eat for breakfast and while the French crave crêpes, nothing but pannenkoeken will do in the Netherlands.

13. A feast for a saint - St Davids day recipes

Daffodils, the dragon, Cym Rhonda, dare we say rugby – the essence of Wales and that list isn’t complete without leeks and lamb.

14. Hap-pie-ness ... the greatest gift that I possess

Nothing says hearty ‘comfort food’ better than a pie. With National Pie Week underway, we celebrate by testing some Higgidy Pies

15. The New Mill Riverside Restaurant, Eversley

The New Mill is a restaurant for all seasons, but in summer it is even more stunning.

16. Baranda restaurant, Wokingham

17. Stag & Hounds, Binfield

Everyone loves an inn steeped in history and the fourteenth-century Stag & Hounds is more steeped than most.

18. Szechuan Inn Restaurant, Wokingham

If there were a Szechuan Inn on every local parade of shops, the world would be a happier place.

19. The Walter Arms, Sindlesham

It must be a good omen when you view a hundred premises and then find the place of your dreams right on your doorstep.

20. The Yorkshire Rose Inn and Restaurant, Warfield

When a restaurant has a large number of regulars, who keep coming back, it speaks volumes.