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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 …
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 …
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 …
This McDonald’s Grimace Birthday Milkshake Recipe Is Surprisingly Good (and Purple)
This summer there’s only one It girl—thing?—everyone’s talking about: an amorphous purple creature named Grimace. It all started on June 12, after McDonald’s released a …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
How to make ceviche – recipe | Food
The pleasures of Latin American cuisine are still far too little known in the UK. Ceviche, which is popular from Panama to Peru, where it’s …
Feast fit for a king: five alternative recipe ideas for an Australian coronation party menu | Food
Prawn and pineapple tacos and “Asian-style” rack of lamb seem like incongruous choices to celebrate the coronation of a new monarch, but these are just …
How to make the perfect pasta primavera – recipe | Pasta
Spaghetti primavera (the word means “spring” in Italian) is a dish that conjures up images of green shoots in the Villa Borghese and warming southern …
Name changes, fashion queens, and a king’s recipe – take the Thursday quiz | Life and style
Congratulations to those of you who have slogged through two years’ worth of Thursday quizzes now, not least the quiz master who has written more …
How to make fairy cakes – recipe | Cake
Cupcakes, with their sculpted swirls of gaudy buttercream, tend to be easier on the eye than the appetite, which is why I prefer their more …
How to make lamb hotpot – recipe | Food
The comfortingly named hotpot is a very useful recipe to have in your repertoire. Easy, and relatively cheap to make, it will bubble away happily …
How to make Glamorgan sausages – recipe | Sausages
The historic Welsh county of Glamorgan has long been famous for its sausages – and not just the cheesy ones. Described by one Victorian traveller …
How to make the perfect pastel de nata – recipe | Food
Calling pastel de nata a Portuguese custard tart is a bit like calling a pasty a Cornish calzone – similar in principle, but a very …
How to make mayonnaise easily with a stick blender – recipe | Sauces and gravies
I don’t like mayonnaise. Or at least I don’t like the kind that comes in jars, however fancy they may be – too sweet or …
How to make the perfect kimchi pancake – recipe | Korean food and drink
Crepes, okonomiyaki, blini, dosa … much as I love a classic pancake doused in sharp lemon juice and crunchy sugar, they’re certainly not the only …
How to make chocolate pots (for Valentine’s and beyond) – recipe | Valentine’s Day
Chocolate for Valentine’s Day is a cliche, because everyone loves it, but it can be a cruel mistress on the (allegedly) most romantic day of …