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…

Revealed: exploitation of meat plant workers rife across UK and Europe

Thousands of outsourced workers on inferior pay and conditions to fulfil demand for cheap meat, Guardian investigation showsRead more: ‘The whole system is rotten’: life inside Europe’s meat industryMeat companies across Europe have been hiring thousan…

Bleak Christmas: turkeys, trees and toys under threat from labour shortage, suppliers say

Government steps to remedy lack of food processors and drivers are ‘thimble of water on a bonfire’, industry experts sayThe UK could face a “national shortage” of turkeys in the lead-up to Christmas brought on by a lack of labour following Brexit, the …