At the kitchen counter, chopping. The herbs’ fragrance comes in waves. Verdant, fresh, invigorating. First there’s parsley – mild, somehow the cool wake-up-call of mint. …
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How to make patatas bravas – recipe | Food
Patatas bravas, usually translated as spicy potatoes, are a staple of tapas menus, yet all too often end up as the carby afterthought, a plate …
‘Not everybody wants to go dumpster diving’: the app fighting food waste the easy way | Australian lifestyle
Breezing past a bakery just before closing time to pick up cut-priced loaves has long been a thrifty-living hack. But it’s a time-consuming process that …
Stir-fried cabbage, prawns and lime, and gooseberry yoghurt cake – Nigel Slater’s high summer recipes | Food
Lunch in the sun. A long, leisurely meal with friends and family or a more intimate affair for just two. Either is a fine way …
Lerato Umah-Shaylor’s recipes for summer fruits in savoury dishes | Summer food and drink
I have always believed that the best way to enjoy fruit – especially summer fruit at its peak – is to bite into that sweet …
Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for quick summer cooking | Summer food and drink
Summer is not a time for spending too long in the kitchen. Cook we must, though, as eat we always will, so here are some …
Alice Zaslavsky’s one-pot fennel and honey braise recipe: with fronds like these, who needs meat? | Australian food and drink
During winter our attentions and appetites turn to the cooking methods that can coat the kischkes (Yiddish for guts) – which means that it’s time …
Jordan Bourke’s budget recipes with kimchi | Food
Across Korea, kimchi is eaten throughout the day, either alongside or as an integral ingredient of every meal. There are endless varieties, from the ubiquitous …
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for tomato and bay leaf sauce | Food
A group of young people, two of them wearing laurel wreaths to mark their graduation, arrived in the piazza at 6pm. They joined the mass …
Raspberry cake and chocolate tart: Alison Roman’s summer bakes | Food
If , like me, you trend towards fruit and vanilla over chocolate, I feel confident you could still fall in love with this perfectly straightforward, …
How to make chicken satay – recipe | Food
Though most of south-east Asia has its own take on a grilled meat kebab, satay is, according to the Oxford Companion to Food, particularly associated …
Caldo verde, khaddi and French-onion ramen: nine winter soup recipes from around the world | Australian food and drink
Your social media feed might be filled with friends, acquaintances and enemies living it up in warmer, sunnier climes in the northern hemisphere. How to …
Rosie Sykes’ budget recipes for courgettes | Food
From the same family as cucumbers, squashes and melons, courgettes are very versatile, and are at their best and most affordable between June and September. …
Tamarind brownies, sambal prawns and tempeh ramen: Lara Lee’s sweet and spicy recipes for winter | Australian food and drink
Tempeh tantanmen I first tasted tantanmen, Japan’s take on Sichuan dandan noodles, during a dreamy, food-fuelled visit to Tokyo. As an avid lover of spicy …
How to make the perfect crab rarebit – recipe | Food
Or cheese on toast elevated from an everyday tea to something far more luxurious. The idea of adding crab to rarebit has been around since …
Rosie Sykes’ budget recipes with frozen peas | Food
Cooked as soon as they are picked and frozen soon after, frozen peas retain all the vegetable’s sweet, fresh flavour. They are very comforting and …
Nigel Slater’s recipes for easy salmon pie and baked gooseberries | Food
There was a blissfully summery dinner on the table this week. A salmon pie, the pastry crisp, the filling soft and creamy – a mixture …
How to make vegetable samosas – recipe | Food
Homemade samosas are a world away from those dry. cardboard triangles sold under the name in supermarkets. Instead, they have delicately flaky and deliciously rich …
Rosie Sykes’ budget recipes with raspberries | Food
Raspberries are a top-drawer summer fruit that are at their best (and cheapest) between June and October. Part of the rose family, they have a …
Flat-chat chicken recipe: ‘Crispy brown bits in your frying pan? Don’t throw them out!’ | Australian food and drink
Are you fond of cooking techniques that can economise ingredients, time and washing up? Fond, otherwise known as the fonds de cuisine (loosely, the foundation …