perfect autumn dinner

Last week I made the perfect autumn dinner - lamb chops roasted in red wine, rosemary and garlic and plum crumble with custard - both were variations on recipes from Nigella Lawson's amazing book Feast. (I learnt a lot of what I know about cooking from Nigella and I love her wholly unapologetic attitude towards food). Having just completed an MA I have spent most of the last three months researching and writing my dissertation with little time for anything else, including cooking, so I am relishing having time to cook again and have insisted on making dinner nearly every night since then. I find something incredibly restorative and calming about making a good dinner and at this time of year there are few things better than pottering around in the kitchen knowing that something yummy is baking in the oven.