Food and Recipes

100 BBQ Sauces and Dips with Pairings and Recipes
There is a peculiar moment at almost every British barbecue when the cook stands proudly beside a tray of beautifully grilled food, only to realise that the entire sauce selection... Read more...
Wok Recipes: 100 Fast, Fresh & Flavourful Dishes
Wok Recipes: 100 Fast, Fresh & Flavourful Dishes Some kitchen equipment makes ambitious promises and then spends most of its life sulking at the back of a cupboard. The wok... Read more...
How to Have a Merry Christmas: Recipes, Rituals and Real Magic for the Season of Kindness
People often present Christmas as if they can organise happiness by purchasing enough lights, cooking an enormous dinner and arranging the family in matching jumpers. Real Christmases are rarely so... Read more...
Father Christmas’ Stash: Magical Treats for Little Hands and Big Hearts
Father Christmas’ Stash: Magical Treats for Little Hands and Big Hearts Some of the best Christmas memories are made in the kitchen. They begin with flour on small noses, an... Read more...
Traybakes for a Crowd: One Tin, Big Flavour and Considerably Less Faff
Cooking for a crowd is one of those activities that sounds wonderfully sociable until the practical details arrive. There are portions to calculate, dietary needs to remember, serving times to... Read more...
Halloween Feasts: A Deliciously Dark Guide to Spooky-Season Entertaining at Halloween.
First, it must taste delicious. Second, it should look as though it might whisper your name after the lights go out. This balance is not always achieved. Some Halloween dishes... Read more...
Cook Smarter: Better Meals with Less Stress, Waste and Kitchen Chaos
Most people do not dislike good food. What they dislike is reaching six o’clock with no plan, several hungry people asking questions and a refrigerator containing half an onion, three... Read more...
The Nyonya Kitchen: 50 Peranakan Recipes for the Modern Home Cook
Some cuisines take shape in a single landscape. Others are created where people, ingredients and traditions meet. Peranakan cooking belongs firmly to the latter category. Rich with aromatic spices, coconut,... Read more...
The Fudge Maker’s Handbook: From Simple Sweet Treats to Fudge-Making Confidence
Fudge appears deceptively simple. Sugar, butter and milk enter a saucepan. Something sweet and magnificent is expected to emerge. Between those two events, however, lies a bubbling world of temperatures,... Read more...