"Food & Drink" Returns to BBC2

I like M.R. Jr. too, he seems formidable and gentle all at the same time. I look forward to this new series. My handling of food is so clumsy compared to his, no wonder my pastry is heavy, but I make good bread with my warm hands!

We do a Moro recipe with roast duck, sherry and quince paste (membrillo). We make our own from our huge annual quince crop!

I watched the programme and quite enjoyed it although it didn't have a well informed amateur' like the old series, which would be useful for people like me.

In the old format they were happy to recommend particular wines by name so that you could buy them, I suppose thats not allowed anymore but it was frustrating that they kept it so vague.

As a non drinker my attention always wanders when it comes to wine.

I thought the programme was all right, but not as interesting as the old one. Perhaps it will improve as it goes on. I shall stick with Saturday Kitchen for now, then I can throw things at the screen when they serve stuff up on planks of wood with the gravy running off the edges!

I bought quince paste in Spain. You can sometimes get it at farmers markets or waitrose.

Its all about cake tonight with lovely Mary Berry. I watched the couple of programs about her on BBC2, they were lovely and really very poignant.