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. …
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Carla’s spiced pear and chocolate jam: Rachel Roddy’s homemade gift recipe | Christmas food gifts
In the days running up to the sale, Alice messaged several times to remind me to spread the word, because she was worried about Carla’s …
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for a Christmas Dundee cake | Cake
I never considered myself a fruitcake person until I met Dundee cake. And I’d never thought that adding more fruit, in the form of marmalade, …
Cookie kisses: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipe for hazelnut and chocolate sandwich biscuits | Christmas food gifts
I used to think that homemade food gifts were a bit showoffy. At a time when most of us are frantically writing to-do lists and …
How to make granola out of store-cupboard staples – recipe | Christmas food gifts
After the recent birth of our baby girl, we were taken aback to receive so many delicious gifts from friends and neighbours. As I’m sure …
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 …
Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for spiced roasted cauliflower with chickpeas, halloumi and lemony bulgur | Main course
An easy weeknight dinner, with enough for a lunchbox the next day, too. Chickpeas, halloumi and pomegranate are always a winning combination and were a …
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for lemongrass tofu with noodles | Noodles
I went to Bath recently to do an event at Topping & Company for my new book, Dinner, and fell so in love with the …
How to use old cornflakes to make fried chicken – recipe | Chicken
We’re not big cereal eaters at home, but we do occasionally buy a box of our favourite, Mesa Sunrise by Nature’s Path. These wholegrain flakes …
Ravneet Gill’s recipe for quince and hazelnut tart | Baking
It’s a good idea to poach the quince in advance, not least because it takes a fair old while, which is also why I’d recommend …
Georgina Hayden’s recipe for mushroom, spinach and sun-dried tomato rigatoni | Main course
This simple but comforting pasta is a staple in our house, and has the seal of approval from both the adults and the kids. While …
Quick and easy curry: Rukmini Iyer’s Sri Lankan-style aubergine and black-eye bean curry recipe | Curry
Today’s recipe takes great liberties with the base for the classic Sri Lankan aubergine pickle, wambatu moju, in which deep-fried aubergine and onions combine with …
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for cauliflower polpette with cheese sauce | Vegetables
The other day, we walked past a field of cauliflower in the green belt of Rome called Casaletto. Not that it was clear they were …
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 …
How to turn old milk into homemade cheese – recipe | Cheese
Crowdie is a traditional soft fresh cheese from Scotland, originally made with sour milk. In raw, unpasteurised milk, lactic acid builds up as it sours, …
Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for masala chai teacakes | Baking
Teacakes mean different things to different people, depending on where they’re based. These aren’t the chocolate-covered marshmallow kind, but rather the spiced bread variety. I’ve …
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 …
How to turn old bagged salad into a nutritious soup – recipe | Salad
There’s a fine line when a bag of salad turns. One minute, it’s perfect, and the next it has turned into compost. To save a …
Ravneet Gill’s recipe for tinned cherry bakewell pudding | Dessert
There’s something comforting about a bakewell-style pudding. After I had my son Donnie, I’d pop one in the oven before dinner – it would often …