Step one: don’t try out a new recipe…I haven’t yet caught any of Jamie Oliver’s new Channel 4 series Together, in which he cooks the kind of stuff you can rustle up for groups of family and friends without experiencing a total nervous collapse. But I l…
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…
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for squash and borlotti beans with tomatoes and sage | The new vegan
Borlotti beans, caramelised squash and roast tomatoes make a satisfying, herby traybakeA few years back, my husband Hugh and I planted some borlotti beans and, although they grew, we’ve never managed to produce any since. We baked our small yield – thr…
Couscous cake and Middle Eastern mac’n’cheese: eight show-stopping new recipes from Team Ottolenghi
It takes a band of global talents to create Yotam Ottolenghi’s distinctive dishes. In an exclusive extract from his latest book, he introduces some of their finest new creationsOriginally located under a railway arch in north London, built from equal p…
Could gene editing chickens prevent future pandemics?
Rearing virus-resistant birds could benefit humans too, say scientists, and Covid may have made us more open to the controversial technologyDiseases such as avian flu trigger the culling of millions of birds each year. But that need not be the case for…
Food fraud and counterfeit cotton: the detectives untangling the global supply chain
Amid the complex web of international trade, proving the authenticity of a product can be near-impossible. But one company is taking the search to the atomic levelFive years ago, the textile giant Welspun found itself mired in a scandal that hinged on …
Vegan class attracts most entries at British Pie awards
After vegan pie won top prize in 2019 competition, nearly 70 of this year’s entries are entirely plant-basedThe town of Melton Mowbray is known by many for its pork pies, but at the British Pie awards taking place there this week it has been the vegan …
Bean bandits: why teenagers are throwing baked beans at people’s houses
Egging is old hat. Now the trend is for ‘beaning’ – and it has become so prevalent that the police have decided to wade inName: Beaning.Age: About a month old. Continue reading…
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 –…
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The Grub Street Diet: Leon Neyfakh Always Waits Too Long to Eat. “Not to be dramatic, but this is something I genuinely hate about myself.”