Cheesy croutons give a fabulously savoury flourish to this super-comforting, autumnal vegetable soupThis is a deeply comforting, nourishing green soup, perfect for when the weather starts getting chillier and your body needs a boost of iron. The dish r…
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…
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for mushroom and tempeh rendang | The new vegan
Take your time over this aromatic, Indonesian coconut curry with meaty chunks of mushroom and moreish soybean cake providing the protein payloadRendang is a vote for slowing down. It isn’t a dish you can knock up in 20 minutes by whizzing around the ki…
Go nuts! 10 mouth-watering chestnut recipes, from chocolatey eclairs to hearty risotto
Astonishingly versatile, chestnuts shine in savoury dishes as well as they do in sweet. Here’s how to make the most of this autumn’s cropChestnut season always deserves to be celebrated. Its arrival marks the end of summer’s crude savagery and the star…
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 …
Thomasina Miers’ recipe for miso and butter roast hispi with sesame noodles | The new flexitarian
Introducing a new angle to Tommi’s column: healthy, tasty, low-impact weeknight dishes, starting with this stunning sweet cabbage, roasted and smothered in a honey-miso glaze, to devour with sesame noodlesThere is a growing realisation that how we eat …
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…
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for black rice congee | The new vegan
A rice porridge comfort dish, popular across all of south-east Asia, served with mushrooms for bite and pickles for sharpnessMost roads to comfort, for me at least, end up in a bowl of rice – and I’m not the only one. Congee is a centuries-old comfort …
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 …
How to make panzanella – recipe | Felicity Cloake’s masterclass
The classic Italian bread-and-tomato salad gets a step-by-step guide to perfectionEvery bread-eating culture around the world has as many recipes for using up stale loaves as for bread itself: pain perdu, fattoush, roti curry … Panzanella is one of Ita…