This chicken liver mousse recipe goes the elegant route and adds a silky black currant jam to the spread. It makes for a show ...

Chicken livers are widely available in supermarkets ... brandy or sherry and stir in a little mustard or chopped parsley, then serve on toast, in a salad, or blend the cooked livers with cream ...

Turn up the heat and fry until the livers are just cooked through, this should take about 3-5 minutes. To test if the chicken is cooked, remove a piece of liver and cut it open; it should be moist ...

Why is liver fine (and some like only foie gras but won't eat veal or chicken liver) but heart is not? Some are OK with sweetbreads but horrified at the thought of eating lung or kidney.

In a small section of the weekly publication dedicated to homemakers, a curious blurb described a dish that had captivated partygoers during the Roaring Twenties: chicken livers soaked in Champagne.