Hold The Anchovies Please

I love a pie.  My favourite would be plump, generously meat-filled with THE crispest pastry, served with nursery-soft potato, lashings of gravy and some green vegetables.  Just as well that Pieminister are on the market because their pies are better than my Mum’s (and that’s saying…

Nestled among orange groves and a few olive trees for company is the country house hotel Quinta Da Cebola Vermelha, or Red Onion Farm. This fabulous century-old farmhouse has been sympathetically restored by the Yssel de Schepper family and is a little gem, way-off the beaten track. Located…