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Episode 12014-02-17

Lazy Days

Long and lazy winter days are the perfect times to enjoy some indulgent home cooked meals and for James, those dishes are a perfect chicken and mushroom puff pastry pie and some slow cooked spare ribs. Also this episode, food historian Ivan Day reveals how slow cooking years ago meant a very indulgent spit roast, and one of Wiltshire's local microbrewers, Alasdair Large, visits the kitchen to see what James can cook with his own locally produced beer.

Episode 22014-02-18

Comfort Cooking

James has the perfect antidote to the winter chill with his ultimate comfort food recipes. Dishes include a warming beef and red wine pie and a tasty chicken fricassee, as well as homemade marshmallows in chocolate dipping sauce. James also meets the farmers who are producing the highest quality salt marsh beef, and the man who is one of only three pure chocolate makers in the UK.

Episode 32014-02-19

Midweek Suppers

James offers a culinary twist on some midweek supper classics.

Episode 42014-02-20

Home Cooking in a Hurry

James makes some speedy home cooked meals.

Episode 52014-02-21

TV Dinners

James prepares some of the best homemade treats, perfect for a night in front of the TV.

Episode 62014-02-24

Homemade Takeouts

James prepares a menu of must-have, home-cooked takeaway meals.

Episode 72014-02-25

Winter Warmers

James cooks winter warmers including jacket potato skins and a steamed pudding.

Episode 82014-02-26

Cheap and Cheerful

James creates three meals from a single ham hock, and prepares his take on tartiflette.

Episode 92014-02-27

Meals for One

James devises replacements for ready meals for one, including a Thai crab risotto.

Episode 102014-02-28

Childhood Favourites

James shares the recipes that remind him of his Yorkshire childhood.

Episode 112014-03-03

Home-Cooked Treat Night

James shows how every night can be a treat night, with some simple home-cooked recipes that can turn a mundane meal into something special. He cooks a classic prawn cocktail, roast lamb with homemade mint jelly and luxurious vanilla-cured salmon. Food historian Gerard Baker reveals the history behind a traditional treat - the trifle - and there's a trip to the Dorset flour mill producing some of the region's award-winning organic flour.

Episode 122014-03-03