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Mignon, who
runs The Saffron Kitchen from her home on the edge of Exmoor, near
Taunton, Somerset, was asked to take part in a new series
commissioned by UKTV Food to celebrate home cooking.
The show, The
People's Cook Book, is a nationwide hunt for favourite family recipes
which best reflect British contemporary food culture.
Two recipes
are chosen for each show and Antony Worall-Thompson and fellow TV
chef Paul Rankin stage a cook-off in front of a panel of judges.
The winning
recipes will be made available for anybody to use, either by
downloading from the station's website, or possibly in the form of a
book to be published after the series ends.
Mignon's pork
vindahlo will be pitted against a traditional English steak and
kidney pudding in her episode of the series, which will be screened
on weekdays at 8 pm for two weeks starting on February 12.
The Saffron
Kitchen - a finalist last year in an HSBC-sponsored national search
for a new generation of business stars - offers traditional
home-cooked Indian food for weddings, dinners, banquets, and parties,
mostly using local Westcountry produce.
It provides
meals for all occasions, from an intimate dinner party to corporate
entertainment, and can advise on planning the perfect Indian meal to
suit any budget.
Mignon, an
Indian national, is passionate about dispelling the myths associated
with Indian food in the UK.
She said:
"The great myth of vindahlo being a blisteringly hot dish has
always mystified me. Good Indian food is about a range of flavours,
not just how hot it is.
"Many of
my dishes are prepared using recipes handed down through several
generations and I want to encourage people to try real authentic
Indian food as it would be enjoyed in India."
Every dish
from The Saffron Kitchen is freshly prepared to order, using locally
produced meat and vegetables, and can be delivered directly to the
door in parts of Somerset free of charge.
The Saffron
Kitchen also sells a range of food, pickles, and chutneys through
farmers' markets in Taunton, Exeter, Minehead, Wellington, Crewkerne,
Glastonbury, and Cotford St Luke, and hopes soon to be able to sell
via its website www.thesaffronkitchen.co.uk.
More
information about The Saffron Kitchen and the pork vindahlo recipe is
available from Mignon and husband Andrew Johnson by telephoning 01984
656931 or emailing to enquiries@thesaffronkitchen.co.uk.
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