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CROOKES family legend tells of a very young Roger, barely out of the womb, happily thriving on my milky diet, but always on the lookout for a new culinary adventure. Appar- ently as I sat in my Mum’s arms I reached out grabbed a roast potato and shoved it in my mouth before anyone could stop me. My love for roast potatoes has not diminished over the years, in fact if anything, thanks to ‘my beloveds’ amazing roasties, I have become even more of a fan. It is something about the combination


of the look, the smell, the texture and of course the taste – I am about to start drib- bling just thinking about it. Of course there are more to potatoes


than just roasties, jacket potatoes in winter and boiled and buttered new potatoes in summer – they are evocative of the differ- ent seasons. But right now is the season to start grow-


ing some spuds if you want to enjoy tasty potatoes straight from the patio into the saucepan in a few months time. Call into your local garden centre and


you should find at least 20 different varie- ties of potato to choose from, I look at two factors when choosing my varieties. 1. First earlies – potatoes are divided


up into three main seasons for cropping (first early, second early and maincrop). First earlies may well be ready for picking from early July onwards, these will be the slightly smaller but very tasty new potatoes


Why don’t you plant a few potatoes this year?


which we enjoy with summer salads, or one of my favourite summer meals – bacon, fresh runner beans and new potatoes. I tend to grow first earlies so that I can


pick them before the problem of potato blight appears in later summer 2. Taste – I try not to be tempted by heavy


croppers (the supermarkets often go for these varieties), I am in this for the taste, something better than the supermarket taste. So, either in a large patio pot or in the soil, why not plant a few potatoes this year?


Wednesday, March 4, 2015 Hobbit star is named actor of the year


ABERBARGOED actor Luke Ev- ans was named actor of the year at the Elle Style awards in London last week. The Hollywood star, 35, featured


as dragon-slaying Bard in The Hob- bit: The Battle of the Five Armies last December. His previous credits include Dracula Untold, The Great Train Robbery, and Furious 6. The ceremony took place at the Skybar at the Walkie Talkie Tower in London and pop singer Ellie Goulding presentedMrEvans with his award. Mr Evans is set for a busy 2015


and is shooting a number of films abroad in the coming months, in- cluding Message of the King in Los Angeles and SAS Red Notice in Bu- dapest. From 2007 to 2008, Evans starred


in many of London’sWest End pro- ductions including La Cava, Ta- boo, Rent, Miss Saigon and Avenue Q, as well as several fringe shows in London and at the Edinburgh Festival. In 2009, Mr Evans landed his first


Hobbit star Luke Evans


film role, playing the Greek god Apollo in blockbuster Clash of the Titans. Mr Evans has appeared in 18 films to date.


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