Cocktail of the week: the whirling dervish
A pear-laced twist on the tequila sour
You can use readymade pear puree or homemade: for the latter, peel and core a pear, then...
How to make perfect spätzle noodles
A Swabian noodle that’s quicker and easier to make than pasta – this is quintessential winter food, and a recipe you’ll make for life...
Does every box of eggs contain a potential chick?
A schoolboy has hatched a duckling from a Waitrose egg using an incubator he bought on eBay. It’s enough to put anyone off their...
Nigel Slater’s sweet and savoury recipes for early rhubarb
Pretty pink rhubarb gives a fresh, acidic zip to roast meats and winter desserts
The greengrocer has a frayed wicker basket of rhubarb, the...
Yotam Ottolenghi’s warming winter vegetable recipes
How to make the most of seasonal winter veg: cauliflower with coconut cream and chilli, braised greens in yoghurt, or branch out with a...
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for red cabbage, sausage and white bean soup
A multilayered and warming dish based on the mountain soup-stews of eastern Piedmont
After Christmas and new year, and three large batches of braised...
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for lemon risotto
The fruit cuts through the starchy rice, butter, stock and cheese
While they are as much a year-round fixed kitchen component as milk, flour, forks...
Nigel Slater’s red cabbage with cider and steamed potatoes recipe
A cheap, cheerful, colourful and quick dish that’s tasty too
Cut half a large red cabbage into 4 wedges. Tuck the cabbage into a...
Nigel Slater’s gammon steak with butter beans and kale recipe
Smoky slabs of pork with puréed beans and fried green veg for a heartwarming night in
The recipe
Lightly season 2 thick slices of smoked...
Nigel Slater’s butternut soup with tahini and chestnuts recipe
A warming, wholesome, nutty and seedy soup for cold winter nights
Peel and halve 1kg of butternut squash and cut into large chunks. Put...
