Food

Nigel Slater’s recipe for orzo, smoked mozzarella and thyme

If I could choose just one dish for a cold autumn evening, it would be this calming, gentle pasta recipe with its creamy texture and mild smoky notes. The...

Nigel Slater’s recipes for a teatime fruit cake and an orange and almond layer cake

An urgent need for cake. An old-fashioned one, studded with dried fruit, or perhaps a slice of something...

Cocktail of the week: Corrochio’s espresso martini de olla – recipe | The good mixer

Café de olla is a Mexican breakfast staple made from coffee brewed with spices, orange peel and piloncillo,...

Ravneet Gill’s recipe for tinned cherry bakewell pudding | The sweet spot

There’s something comforting about a bakewell-style pudding. After I had my son Donnie, I’d pop one in the...

The growing season is over – time for your garden to rest and you to reflect

For those of us in the northern hemisphere winter has arrived. And perhaps more importantly for the plant world, we...

Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for crab and leek tarts with chicory salad | Quick and easy

These are smashing little tarts: packed with flavour, they take minutes to make and, if you use tinned crab, are economical, too (feel free...

Australian cook Maggie Beer recovering from injuries after fall at home

Doctors expect Maggie Beer to make a “full recovery” after the Australian cook, author and TV presenter had a fall in her home. The 79-year-old,...

Meatball pastry puffs and a dip for crisps: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for cooking with kids

There’s often a gulf between the way that cooking with kids is portrayed – everyone smiling at each other adoringly, working together in harmony...

Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for creamy, spicy courgette and tomato pasta | The new vegan

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...

Nigel Slater’s recipes for pork and peppers, and potatoes, dill and mustard

I return from the shops with a bag of peppers in turning shades of orange and red, plump fruits begging to be stuffed and...

Panda’s Kitchen, London: ‘It demands your full attention’ – restaurant review

Panda’s Kitchen, 152 Station Road, Harrow HA1 2RH (pandas.kitchen). Starters £6.50-£12.80; large dishes £10.80-£26.80; desserts £5.50-£6.50; wine from £19; Tsingtao beer £4.50 We all find...