A very British teatime treat, made with vegan butter and a quick fig jamThe scone is a generations-old British institution, and it was only a matter of time before I wrote a vegan recipe for it. Traditionally with vegan baking, I have found a way aroun…
Italian rice cake and allspice chicken: Yotam Ottolenghi’s rice recipes
Two exciting ways with rice: Italian rice cake, and allspice chicken and rice with dill and yoghurt. Plus a cucumber crunch salad with curried cashews to serve alongsideI find it hard to write about rice without using the word “versatile”. It’s overuse…
Baking for teens: easy starter recipes, from homemade Tim Tams to speedy brownies
Melbourne’s doughnut don Morgan Hipworth launched his bakehouse at just 15. Here, he shares three favourite recipes for young chefsSince I was a kid, the kitchen’s always had an allure, and baking and cooking has played a massive part in my life. Excus…
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for pasta al forno – baked pasta with meatballs and mozzarella | A kitchen in Rome
A hearty family favourite whose comfort-giving properties cannot be diminished even by average mozzarellaDriving back after a few days by the sea, we passed a sign for a caseificio (dairy), a common sight in southern Lazio, as are buffaloes and swathes…
Cake was my first love – it sees me through life’s highs and lows
There should be no guilt with cake, only romance – in the making, the display, the history… and, of course, the eatingThe Great British Bake Off is back! Sales of baking utensils skyrocket when the amateur baking show is on. It appears we’re all cake m…
Perfect roast chicken, apricot tarts, cheesecake: recipes from Nigel Slater’s new book
‘Cooking is about quiet moments of joy,’ says the Observer’s food writer in this exclusive extract from A Cook’s BookYou could measure my life in recipes. Each one a letter to a friend, a story of something I have made for dinner, the tale of how it ca…
Caked crusaders: how The Great British Bake Off took over the world
It seems everyone wants a slice of Channel 4’s action, whether homemade or imported. But what exactly is the attraction?Last week a visitor to the Great British Bake Off set was on the phone to her mother in South Africa. “She was having her hair done …
Ravneet Gill’s recipe for damson and almond pie | The sweet spot
These seasonal mini plums are a sweet revelation in an easy baked custard pieI realised recently that a lot of my mates don’t know what damsons are. When I launched my online cookery school, Damson Jelly, a lot of people were like: what’s a damson? I l…
How to make the perfect gluten-free chocolate chip cookies – recipe | Felicity Cloake’s How to make the perfect…
The much-loved choc-chip biccie in trouble-free format for the gluten-intolerant … but who makes the best version?Everyone loves chocolate chip cookies. Sadly, however, if you can’t tolerate gluten, chocolate chip cookies do not usually love you back –…
Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for caramel almond buckwheat tart | The sweet spot
A buttery, gluten-free variation on a traditional Swedish cake, packed with almond flavourThe sweet almond topping on this tart was inspired by toscakaka, a delightful Swedish almond cake that I fell in love with a few years ago. A buttery mix of brown…