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Tamal Ray’s recipe for croissant butter | Christmas food and drink
I owe Manchester’s Pollen Bakery a debt of gratitude. Their pastries got me through my night shifts when I lived in the city in 2015. …
Christmas crackers: Tarunima Sinha’s recipes for apple chutney and seeded biscuits for cheese | Christmas food and drink
Christmas is incomplete without a cheeseboard, and a good cheeseboard is incomplete without chutneys and crackers. This apple and ginger chutney is my take on …
Karam Sethi’s recipe for garlic fish tikka with cumin raita | Indian food and drink
Today’s fish tikka is one of the standout dishes on the menu of our new restaurant, Ambassadors Clubhouse in Mayfair, where we celebrate the rich …
José Pizarro’s recipe for spiced roast squash soup with chorizo migas | Spanish food and drink
This smooth, comforting soup is a great winter warmer. Roasting intensifies the natural sweetness of both the squash and the garlic, the cumin and smoked …
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for coconut vegetable curry, or sayur lemak | Malaysian food and drink
Sayur lemak is a beautiful, mild vegetable and coconut curry of Malaysian and Indonesian origin, which I’ve eaten in Singapore and also at Dapur, a …
Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for chipotle mushroom tacos | Mexican food and drink
A mixture of chestnut and oyster mushrooms works so well in this easy, weeknight taco feast. I love the spicy mushrooms piled on to warm …
Thomasina Miers’ recipe for turmeric chicken rice with peas and habanero allioli | Mexican food and drink
This is inspired wholeheartedly by a dish I ate while cooking at the 45th birthday party of Nicos in Mexico City a few months ago. …
Scrambled and curried: Romy Gill’s recipes for cooking with paneer | Indian food and drink
Paneer, a fresh, unaged cheese, is a quintessential ingredient in Indian cuisine,particularly in the north of the country. This fresh cheese has always been cherished …
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Thai-style stir-fried squash with tofu, black pepper and basil | Vegan food and drink
This popular Thai stir-fry has taken a while to come out of the shadows and into this column due to an insecurity about its looks. …
José Pizarro’s recipe for jerusalem artichoke, chorizo and bread bake | Spanish food and drink
This hearty dish is rich, warming and perfect for chilly autumn days, or whenever you crave some comfort food. I’m surprised that jerusalem artichokes are …
Thomasina Miers’ recipes for slow-cooked pork belly with chipotle and Mexican-style smacked cucumbers | Mexican food and drink
Mexico’s love of pork is well documented, but how the country is influenced by so many different food cultures not so much be that exotic …
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for blistered beans with gnocchi Trapanese | Italian food and drink
When I’ve eaten something delicious, it evokes two things in me: total joy, but also a fear that it was, potentially, a one-time-only event. Usually, …
Georgina Hayden’s recipe for ful medames with charred olives | Vegetarian food and drink
Ful medames, often referred to as simply ful, is a popular breakfast dish in Egypt and parts of the Middle East. Packed with protein, it’s …
The Flygerians’ recipes for jollof pasta and Nigerian shawarma | West African food and drink
The Flygerians is more than just our name. It’s a term used to describe cool, ambitious, driven, forward-thinking Nigerians, and it encapsulates our passion to …
José Pizarro’s recipe for Spanish-style wild mushroom rice | Spanish food and drink
I love cooking rice, from paella to soupy stews and everything in between. What I enjoy most, though, is when a rice dish is seasonal …
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for spaghetti chow mein | Chinese food and drink
My family and I adore an old-school Chinese takeaway, and we always order a Chinese curry (see here) and a chow mein. Sadly, we don’t …
Georgina Hayden’s recipe for roast courgettes, feta and preserved lemon | Summer food and drink
If you’re a keen gardener (or market frequenter), you may be lucky enough to have a glut of late-summer courgettes. I am often the recipient …
Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for quesadillas with chicken, lime and coriander | Mexican food and drink
Chicken, lime and coriander was the best bagel filling at the Edinburgh-based Elephants and Bagels (sadly now closed), and I’ve been making versions as sandwich …
Fish curry and egg kiri hodi: Sri Lankan brunch recipes from Kolamba restaurant | Sri Lankan food and drink
Sri Lankan breakfast and brunch fare is a vibrant reflection of the island’s culinary heritage, blending diverse influences with indigenous flavours. Central to these morning …