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…
Matthew Carver’s melt-in-the-mouth cheese recipes for autumn
Stilton-stuffed prunes, lancashire aligot and pecorino squash spätzle – warming savoury dishes that will have you coming back for more These fruity, cheesy, bacony snacks are hard to beat – think turbo-charged pigs in blankets.UK readers: click to buy …
Weatherwatch: the prized blood oranges from Mount Etna
Volcano’s unique microclimate is crucial for growing high-quality fruit that has earned EU protected statusA special fruit thrives in a unique microclimate around Mount Etna in Sicily. Blood oranges get their gruesome name from a distinctive red-colour…
Cocktail of the week: Doña’s zamna – recipe | The good mixer
A Mexican take on Disaronno using a Mayan liqueur made of fermented honey and rum – perfect for an autumn eveningI first tried xtabentún, a Mayan liqueur made with fermented honey and rum, in La Riviera Maya on the Yucatán peninsula, and loved it immed…
Poached, pickled, roasted … 10 delicious pear recipes, from pulled pork to frangipane tart
Pears come into their own when cooked – in both sweet and savoury dishes. Here’s how to make the most of this season’s harvestIt is pear season, not that you would know it from looking at my garden. I planted a pear tree some years ago, and in all that…
Crunch time: the 10 best places to celebrate Apple Day in Britain
As harvest time arrives, here are the top destinations for apple harvests, tastings and other core activitiesIf there is a cider capital of the UK it’s arguably Herefordshire, where the rolling hills are covered with orchards. The Big Apple is an assoc…
Nigel Slater’s recipe for peach, cucumber and peanut salad
A fruity, flavoursome, nutty and unusual statement saladCut a 600g cucumber in half lengthways, then into short pieces, about 6m in length. On a chopping board, lightly bruise the flesh with a rolling pin or the flat side of a kitchen knife, to soften …
Which are the best vinegars to improve my cooking? | Kitchen aide
A slug from one of those bottles lurking in the back of the cupboard could be all you need to make your dinner burst with flavour• Got a culinary dilemma? Email feast@theguardian.comI have several varieties of vinegar in my cupboard, but apart from sal…
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…