The Delicious Miss Dahl

In loving mood and inspired by the romance of train stations and graveyards, Sophie talks us through her perfect dishes for the three stages of romance.

It’s a melancholic day and there’s no getting away from it. The only option is to feed this melo-dramatic emotion with dishes that could cheer up Eeyore. Starting with bubble & squeak cakes served with red onion gravy and a languid fried egg, the joyous indulgence begins.

Sophie Dahl revels in the joy of cooking for one on a purely selfish day. Shutting the world away and answering to no one on a day that is indulgently independent, means cruising the food boutiques and cooking simple dishes with the finest of ingredient

At the end of a rotten week we all need to get away but sometimes we don't have that option. Sophie's suggestion is an escapist weekend in which she draws inspiration from her foreign travels so that one weekend can be made to feel like a week's holiday.

When Sophie has been out of the country for a while, she inevitably ends up feeling nostalgic with a desire to be at home and to be nurtured by the tastes and sensations of her youth.

Sophie is in a celebratory mood, she is putting on a dinner party. She shares her tips for stress free entertaining by taking the viewer through the two days leading up to the party.