Veganism catches fancy of health-conscious Indians
Meenu Nageshwaran, 53, felt she had been handed a life sentence when she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2012. What followed was never-ending appointments with doctors and a long list of prohibited foods. The grave malady left her anguished - and that is when she discovered the power of vegani...
Readers' recipe swap: barbecue
Felicity Cloake fires up the barbecue to test your recipes for sizzling over hot coals.Thank goodness the weather held long enough to test your barbecue recipes. Even if it had rained, all these recipes (minus the Catalan salad) can be cooked on a hot griddle in the same way. But we were glad to hav...
Make your own melon and ginger lassi
The peppery payload of this surprising melon lassi really hits the spot.The smoothie is often one of life's great unfulfilled promises. We delight at the thought of the sun's sweet bounty, freshly juiced, ice-cold in a frosted glass. Tastes good, does you good. In theory.But the reality is that many...
Favourite flavours: Yotam Ottolenghi's buttermilk recipes
Buttermilk can bring something really interesting, both in texture and in taste, to all kinds of dishes.Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others. One that stands out for me is a buttermilk-crusted fried okra dish with a tomato and bread sauce ...
Food and alcohol, go way beyond mere eating and drinking. This Father's Day spoil your dad with some boozy foods. Be sure to fire up the stove with these swanky recipes. Few ingredients, lotsa attitude! Quick Tip: The size of the cooking vessel greatly affects the amount of alcohol retained in the f...
The way to a man's heart is the stomach. This adage is the perfect way to make your old man happy this Father's day. Instead of ordering in tandoori chicken, bring out the barbecue and throw a little party for you father.A chilled drink and a variety of meat cooked for his taste buds will get that ...
Nigel Slater's sausage and beetroot recipe
There's some beautiful beetroot around right now. The inherent sweetness calls for something to balance it, such as a good, herby breakfast sausage. The recipe Peel 650g of raw beetroot, cut into thick segments, then cut each segment in half. Do the same with 150g of carrots, but don't peel them. Pe...
Frying with gas? It's no mistake - Outdoor Frying Art
Last year we became converts to gas. The odd thing about this is that we've spent 20 years and nine cookbooks very pointedly avoiding gas grills. So when we tell friends we have added a gas-powered weapon to our outdoor cooking arsenal, we get very skeptical looks.Here's the thing, though: We're not...
If you ask us, kebabs are the perfect hors d'oeuvres for your dinner parties. Did you know that the word kebab is derived from an Arabic word 'Cabob' which means to burn or char.Here are our 10 best kebab recipes which we think are a must try!Murg Palak Ke Korma KebabRecipe by Girish KrishnanSoft ti...
Nigel Slater's new potato recipes
It's the moment for Jersey Royals, when new potatoes shine. Here's how to enjoy them at their magnificent best.The new potato season is upon us: those tiny, soft-skinned tubers that are as much a part of the British summer as strawberries and asparagus. Whether you dig them up from the vegetable pat...
Holiday eating: Sociable food to share
The June three-day weekend is the perfect opportunity to gather friends and loved ones together to eat. But what to cook? Here John Newton suggests paella - leave your favourite dishes for sharing with friends below.What better way to spend the birthday of our head of state than cooking a paella wit...
Why flat-leaf parsley is good for you
This versatile herb is bone-strengthening, breath-freshening, boldly flavoured - and far more useful than its curly cousin.When food comes garnished with a solitary sprig of curly parsley, it flags up a dish that's retro - not in an attractively nostalgic way - and a cook who has run out of ideas, e...
Introducing the Aperol spritz, the feel-good hit of the summer.When we planned this recipe and took the photo, I was hoping to play a kind of John the Baptist of cocktails. "It's coming! It's going to be the drink of the summer! I can exclusively reveal to you, loyal reader, the Aperol spritz. Tah d...
Readers' recipe swap: nostalgia
Felicity Cloake gets a taste of your childhood with this selection of precious family heirlooms - and not a battenburg in sight ...Thanks to everyone who sent in family recipes this week - beloved biscuits, great-nan's pickled shallots (currently maturing below the sink) and the kind of simple soup...
In Pictures - Incredibly Easy Cookie Recipe
Summer vacations are here and my house is packed with cousins. So we decided to bake some chocolate chip cookies and started gathering supplies. One of the essential ingredients for making chocolate chip cookies is brown sugar. To my disappointment I couldn't find it at the local grocery store. So l...
Angela Hartnett's crab cakes recipe
A quick and simple dish that makes good use of the UK's abundance of delicious crab.We have delicious crab in the UK but at the moment we are shipping much of it abroad; it's time we embraced it ourselves. Most supermarkets sell little tubs of pasteurised crab meat that are ideal for using in this d...
The bar is open - Happy Father's Day!
This Father's day (Sunday, June 16), give your dad another reason to beam.Shake up some cocktails for him.Five cocktail recipes from pro bartenders across the country.The 007 EffectClassic Dry MartiniRent you father's favorite James Bond movie and stir up a classic martini with vodka and scotch. Gar...
In defence of campsite cooking: great recipes to make on a camping stove
A new survey tells us campers are abandoning their stoves and heading to local restaurants instead. But cooking is half the fun of a camping holiday, and easier than ever, too.A recent survey published by the Post Office indicates that almost half (44%) of Britons setting off on a camping holiday wi...
Unfussy and yet quietly impressive - baking a fish whole with tender young veg is also a feast for the eyes.I cooked a couple of lemon sole the other day, laying the fillets in a shallow pan of lightly sizzling butter, then tossing in a few halved asparagus spears and a handful of dill. An unfussy d...
A tasty, simple recipe for lamb chops. The recipeSet aside four lamb steaks, about 200g each. Peel and crush a large clove of garlic and pound it with a pestle and mortar with half a teaspoon of fennel seeds, then add a teaspoon each of turmeric and ground coriander, and a little black pepper. Put ...
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