The Old Forge

5 handfuls of fresh white breadcrumbs.  400g crabmeat.  Half a teaspoon of cayenne pepper.  3 tablespoons of grain mustard.  A tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce.  3 spring onions, chopped.  4 heaped tablespoons mayonnaise.  5 tablespoons chopped parsley.  Juice of half a lemon. Oil. Mix together all the ingredients except the oil and season with salt and…

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The most savoury of seafood.  The most juicy too.  Of course, crab is really a seaside treat to be eaten within a cockle’s throw of the pier, but a treat that can taste almost as good at home.  Just close your eyes and think of Cromer.  A freshly cooked crab can seem like the food…

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No food beckons in quite the same way as an oyster on its open shell.  Ridiculously sexy, salty, juicy, quivering things that they are.  Yet the oyster does not appeal to everyone, possibly because of its association with smart city restaurants where they are consumed out of bravado as much as for flavour.  Only the…

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