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Australia’s best-value fruit and veg for November: ‘Mangoes – they’re in’ | Australian food and drink
As the countdown to Christmas begins, you might see glimpses of cherries and stone fruit on shelves. But for now mangoes are the summer fruit …
Anna Higham’s recipes for summer fruit puddings | Dessert
Turning on the oven in summer to bake a pudding may not sound as good as reaching into the freezer, but I promise it’s worth …
Nigel Slater’s recipes for pork and kimchi stew, and sweet buns with labne and passion fruit | Food
I could do with more fridge space. The shelf with yoghurt, skyr and kefir is now cluttered with ferments from kombucha to kimchi. Right now, …
H&M Posts Surprise Q1 Profit as Cost-Cutting Bears Fruit
Fashion retailer H&M reported a surprise operating profit for the December-February period as cost-cutting measures started to bear fruit, despite consumers’ curbing spending amid soaring …
Salsa, pesto and posset: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for cooking with winter fruit | Fruit
Don’t tell my kids but, when the sun’s not out, I’m not that brilliant at eating fruit. A whole piece of fruit, that is, taken …
Use it up jam recipe: turn a soggy fruit salad into a long-lasting preserve | Australian food and drink
Picture this: it’s the day after a big party – perhaps it was a summer picnic – and among the empty glasses and used plates, …
Savoury cooking with late summer fruit – recipes by 10 Greek Street | Summer food and drink
It’s late summer, and with that comes arguably some of the finest produce: intensely sweet fruit such as peaches and greengages, which can be incorporated …
Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for preserving summer fruit and vegetables | Food
Pickling, salting, fermenting and curing are just a few of the many ways humankind has learned to extend a food’s shelf life. I’m not one …
Apricot and goat’s cheese, lamb with peach chutney: Yotam Ottolenghi’s stone fruit recipes | Summer food and drink
There’s something particularly special about cooking with stone fruit. Eaten raw, they can sometimes disappoint; catching an apricot or a peach at its absolute best …
Nigel Slater’s recipes for pork chops with chilli-plum jam, and plum and almond pie | Fruit
There was no sign of dessert. (I’m going back a bit now.) We looked anxiously at one another, wondering if our hosts had forgotten, or …
Nigel Slater’s recipes for apricot cake, and summer fruit frozen yoghurt | Food
Summer puddings are a doddle: ripe peaches torn apart and dropped into glasses of chilled muscat; strawberries, halved and tossed with passionfruit juice; melon sprinkled …
Strawberries without cream! 10 delicious savoury recipes for the fruit, featuring duck, burrata, turbot … | Food
The arrival of summer signals strawberry season in the UK, but there’s much more to this bright and juicy fruit than sickly jams and traditional …
Sad fruit, giant pandas and a host of birthday joy – take the Thursday quiz | Life and style
Unbelievably the Thursday quiz is one year old this week. One whole year! As usual, it consists of 15 questions that are either general knowledge …
Persimmons 101: from crunchy to jelly soft, the best ways to eat the misunderstood fruit | Australian food and drink
If ever a fruit seemed purpose-designed to lift spirits as we head into the darker, cooler months, it’s the persimmon. The jaunty pumpkin-coloured treat brings …
How This Mexican Company Makes Sustainable Vegan Leather by Feeding Fruit Waste to Bacteria
Mexican biotechnology startup Polybion has developed and started production of a new, high-quality vegan leather that is produced using agro-industrial food waste as a raw …