Sweet and salty has become a popular combination in recent years, and for good reason. My first experience of these opposite flavours colliding was through …
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Raspberry shortcake sandwiches and gooseberry bellini: Jeremy Lee’s summer fruit recipes | Summer food and drink
Solace for the lack of a proper summer (so far) is often happily found in the kitchen, not least for the wealth of produce that …
Cherry trifle and coconut fruit salad: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for summer fruit | Fruit
Nothing says summer to me more than a bowl of cherries. Or peaches. Or nectarines. When I’m not eating a piece of fruit just as …
Curry, salad and stir-fry: Ravinder Bhogal’s recipes for cooking with aubergine | Food
The Romans thought aubergines were poisonous, and called them mala insana – the apples of insanity. While the name stuck in Italy (melanzana), the bad …
Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for chilled summer soups | Soup
Having moved on from hot soup season (well, just about, anyway, considering summer’s been pretty rubbish so far), we need to delight in chilled soup …
Exclusive vegan recipes from Meera Sodha’s new book | Vegan food and drink
I’m flabbergasted to tell you that this month marks my seventh year of writing the New Vegan column. That’s a total of 348 recipes (or …
Bean, tuna and tomato, plus courgettes with hazelnuts: Chris Shaw’s recipes for picnic salads | Picnics
Both these salads work well with everyday vegetables, although each benefits massively from sourcing the best quality you can afford. The flavours in the tomato …
Melissa Hemsley’s picnic recipes: herby mushroom slices and jar salad | Summer food and drink
There are two key things to consider for a pleasurable picnic: transport and practicality. You never know exactly what time your fellow picnickers will rock …
Cheesy tart and roast cauli salad: Margot Henderson’s picnic recipes | Food
I love tart – wouldn’t that make a good T-shirt caption? But I really do. Especially savoury tarts, which are great for using up bits …
Nigel Slater’s winter recipes for slow roast belly pork and mushroom ‘cassoulet’ | Winter food and drink
The days are cold, the nights even more so. Time to share food that will bolster us against the weather; good things to eat that …
Catalan-style beans, green eggs, rhubarb pudding: Rosie Sykes’s essential store-cupboard recipes | Food
Quick and filling Catalan-style beans and chorizo (pictured above) A good example of a little meat going a long way: bacon and chorizo add extra …
Roast cabbage, swede and carrot, and butternut squash: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for winter vegetables | Food
I absolutely adore winter veg, and won’t hear a bad word said against them. Yes, they’re often big and white and root and raw. In …
From meatballs to cheesy potatoes: Yotam Ottolenghi’s winter soups – recipes | Soup
If there’s one thing that’s certain in the recipe-writing calendar, it’s the inclusion of soups in the January roster. The thing that prevents this from …
Top of the toppings: Danielle Alvarez’s six favourite crostini recipes | Australian food and drink
Try as I might, I find I still get angry at a lot of things: a bad hair day, a late delivery, a stain that …
Baked cheese, glazed sausages and veggie dip: Yotam Ottolenghi’s easy recipes to usher in the new year | New year
Whether you’re having a big get-together or lying low on the sofa, seeing out the year with good food is always a good idea. The …
Joe Woodhouse’s vegetarian standouts for Christmas day – recipes | Christmas food and drink
For too long, vegetarians have been an afterthought at the Christmas table. Usually I’m the only non-meat eater at mine, and I’ve got used to …
Stoned, soused and singed: nine nectarine recipes to make the most of the summer fruit’s season | Summer food and drink
While the forecast for summer mangoes is not looking good, nectarines are stepping up to the plate instead, with some major supermarkets selling the yellow …
Christmas foodie gifts: Melek Erdal’s spicy Turkish shortbread (kurabiye) recipes | Christmas food gifts
In Turkey, you’ll often take a box of kurabiye when you visit someone’s house. These little biscuits can take many guises – sweet or savoury, …
Nigel Slater’s recipes for potato and mushroom gratin, and mincemeat slices | Food
It is warm here in the kitchen, the oven on, a shallow dish of potatoes slowly baking in a deep puddle of cream, the scent …
Peanut brittle, spoon sweets and advocaat: Yotam Ottolenghi’s homemade Christmas gifts – recipes | Christmas food gifts
Nothing tells me that someone is all over Christmas more than an edible, homemade gift. It’s such a busy time of year – the downside …