Darina Allen: Three recipes inspired by my trip to England, including a twist on Irish soda bread

I just snatched a few days break down on the south coast of Britain to celebrate a friend’s ‘noughty’ birthday. He is one of the pioneers of the organic food movement in the UK.

Friends came from all over the world to celebrate this special birthday and to enjoy the gorgeous feast of summer salads and koftas and the most unbelievably beautiful 80th birthday cake lavishly decorated with fresh flowers which had been lovingly transported all the way from Bristol to Hastings.

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