The pork was melt-in-your-mouth, slow roasted in the traditional way with a mojo, a garlic and citrus marinade, which left the meat sublimely tender.

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All this is preparation for an evening spent feasting on slow-roasted lamb or venison, accompanied by home-brewed nettle beer.

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Heavenly hunks of slow-roasted short rib, peppercorn-crusted and topped with freshly grated horseradish, come in parchment on wooden slabs.

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Try the slow-roasted duck nachos with wasabi crme frache.

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Diners can share platters of slow-roasted meat joints, wood-fired pizzas and New England clam chowder served from an open kitchen, or retreat to the live music lounge for bar snacks accompanied by late night tunes.

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The two salad recipes show what a versatile ingredient it can be, standing up to tart citrus and salty olives in one and providing a spicy foil to toasted walnuts and sweet, slow-roasted cauliflower in the other.

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Caines takes Devon's regional ingredients several steps further, adding his own world-food nuances: ravioli of Brixham crab with a ginger-and-shellfish sauce, slow-poached Cornish sea bass with Thai puree, stir-fried shiitake mushrooms and a lemongrass foam, slow-roasted Hatherleigh venison with braised pork belly.

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For the Wiesenmaier family, sitting around a long, fold-down picnic table, drinking wine from plastic cups and preparing for a clambake of lobster tails and slow-roasted potatoes cooked by two chefs on an enormous outdoor grill, this pristine corner of the US eastern seaboard has tonight been transformed into America's most exclusive restaurant.

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