The first recipes in my cookbook Eating for Pleasure, People & Planet are for seed and nut butters. Peanut butter is delicious, yes, but homemade …
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Ravneet Gill’s recipe for grated apple and cinnamon fritters | Food
These strike the perfect balance between something refreshing and decadent, without being too sweet. My husband and I devoured these fritters for brunch, and even …
Georgina Hayden’s potato and celeriac soup with almond breadcrumb topping – recipe | Autumn food and drink
I’m not ashamed to say that as soon as September hits, my stick blender comes out. Just as I embrace salads when the clocks go …
Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for mushroom, spinach and hazelnut orzotto | Autumn food and drink
Orzo is such a hero ingredient, giving a risotto-like texture without the stirring, and especially so if you cook it in the oven for a …
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for white cabbage, peanut butter and gochujang noodles | Student cooking
I wrote this recipe for all the students heading back to university this week, but it’s too nice to withhold from everyone else, especially because …
How to turn stale bread into pasta – recipe | Pasta
The Italians are longtime masters of zero-waste cooking, and many of their most classic dishes are naturally thrifty and waste-averse. They have numerous bread-saving recipes, …
Benjamina Ebuehi’s plum and brown butter cake recipe | Cake
Of all the stone fruit, I find plums to be a little underrated, but I love them, not least because they’re pretty versatile and work …
José Pizarro’s recipe for pinchos moruno with mojo verde (lamb skewers with green sauce) | Food
In my home region of Extremadura and in neighbouring Andalusia, we call these lovelies pinchitos. Probably originating from the Moors, they’re essentially small kebabs made …
Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy hot and sour noodle soup with tamarind and prawns – recipe | Noodles
I could drink tamarind broth in lieu of tea or coffee. The heat in this dish comes from the judicious use of black peppercorns that …
Vegan sweet potato falafel with harissa mayo and pickled cabbage – recipe | Middle Eastern food and drink
Purists will rightly take issue with me calling this a “falafel”, because it isn’t made with dried chickpeas and then deep-fried to achieve a lovely, …
How to turn pizza crusts into a spicy French dip – recipe | Food
I find it really odd when people eat the sloppy pizza middle and leave the crusts, which are my favourite part of a pizza. I …
Ravneet Gill’s blackberry parfait with thyme shortbreads – recipe | Dessert
This is a creative way to use up egg whites that isn’t a pavlova. And it includes blackberries, which I always think are one of …
How to make the perfect blueberry pie – recipe | Pie
One of the great revelations of my recent trip to the US was the quality and variety of sweet pies – from California to Connecticut, …
Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for crab and leek tarts with chicory salad | Pie
These are smashing little tarts: packed with flavour, they take minutes to make and, if you use tinned crab, are economical, too (feel free to …
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for creamy, spicy courgette and tomato pasta | Pasta
The pasta salad is an unsung hero. It’s never seen on the menus of fancy restaurants, but variations on the theme appear steadfastly on kitchen …
Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for a giant oat and almond cookie | Food
There’s something fun about bringing one giant cookie to the table for everyone to dig in to. It’s such a good sharing dessert, and this …
Tamal Ray’s recipe for pork and tarragon meatballs with lemony leeks | Summer food and drink
These pork meatballs are the perfect meal on a hot summer’s day, with bright flavours of lemon, coriander and tarragon. The fried breadcrumbs are a …
Georgina Hayden’s quick and easy recipe for blackberry, feta and seed salad | Salad
For me, a good salad is all about balance. There needs to be something crunchy, something creamy, something tangy and something with a little sweetness. …
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for pasta with a raw tomato, mozzarella, herb and olive sauce | Pasta
The fan stopped working on one of the hottest days of the year, though that shouldn’t have come as a surprise. It has been trying …
How to turn a glut of herbs into a stunning Persian omelette – recipe | Middle Eastern food and drink
Kuku sabzi is a strikingly green Persian herb omelette that requires a large amount of herbs. That said, you can use a range of herbs …