That most long-lasting of vegetables makes a perfect autumn replacement for aubergine in the classic sweet’n’sour Sicilian dishWe found a pumpkin in the swimming pool car park one day last summer. My son spotted it and, thinking it was a toy half hidde…
Thomasina Miers’ recipe for roast broccoli and white bean puttanesca | The new flexitarian
An autumnal whole roast broccoli and herby white beans sink into a welcoming tomato and chilli sauceThere is a change of mood in autumn, when the yearning for crunchy, light salads and grills gives way to a need for food with more substance and comfort…
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for autumn minestrone with anelli | A kitchen in Rome
Autumn is just made for big soups such as minestrone, and this one is brim-full of mushrooms and mini pasta ringsWhile fregula is the most satisfying packet of pasta to grab from the shelf, the balls rolling and rising like a stress ball under fingers,…
Fadiga, London: ‘The pasta is bloody lovely’ – restaurant review
Tiny Fadiga is a wonderful place to let your hair down in SohoFadiga, 71 Berwick Street, London W1F 8TB (020 3609 5536). Starters £8-£12, mains £9-£18, desserts £8-£9, wines from £25I knew there was a point to my ludicrous hair. It’s this review. Becau…
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…
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…
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for broad bean favata with courgettes and tomatoes | A kitchen in Rome
Pureed broad beans topped with garlicky courgettes and tomatoes – and the solution to an old mystery I have found them under both the counter and the fridge. Every week, I prise a flat, hard thing from the bottom of my foot, wondering what it is, and t…
Vegetable lasagne, butter noodles and spicy stuffed shells: Yotam Ottolenghi’s pasta recipes
Pasta shells stuffed with spicy mince and smothered in tomato, roast fennel and courgette lasagne, and buttery ramen in a spicy Korean marinadeI feel slightly sheepish running three pasta recipes when we are all still waist-deep in Rachel Roddy’s very …
Turkish chicken two ways, plus cannelloni my way: Big Has’ one-pan (ish) recipes
Three dishes from the chef and YouTuber that are high on flavour and low on hassle: chicken and potato kebab, poached chicken and pasta, and cannelloni. Turkish spicy ketchup optionalOne-pot (or one-pot-ish) cooking is one of the oldest and simplest co…
Sessions Arts Club, London EC1: ‘Decadent and sexy’ – restaurant review
‘It’s all hugely convivial, like a time before any of the Bad Things happened’Sessions Arts Club in Clerkenwell is not a private members’ club, but it has the feel of some of the best ones from the 1980s and 1990s, back when such places were secretive …