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Making it through these days of coronavirus lockdown means taking joy in the smallest of things• Coronavirus – latest updatesIt is mid-morning on day whatever of this lockdown, and I’m doing what I...
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I’m always hungry, I love my corner shop – and I really don’t need to buy sumac. Now bring on the Angel Delight…• Coronavirus – latest updatesHaving long thought of myself as someone who cooks a lot,...
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View ArticleThe 10 best food TV shows to watch on lockdown
From the inimitable Anthony Bourdain to classic Madhur Jaffrey, food programmes offer much more a recipe catch-up. But which ones should you stream now?Isolation draws us into a closer relationship...
View ArticleTinned peaches, tahini, sardines: recipes to make the most of your store...
If any of those are lingering in the back of your cupboards, turn them into tasty meals with the help of Jack Monroe, Andi Oliver and other great cooksNik SharmaContinue reading...
View ArticleLen & Alex Deighton’s Mexican Cookstrips: Adobo
Len: I mostly bake fish. This is a great change.Alex: A refrigerated jar of adobo will keep for weeks. Brush it on thick and give the fish a little char.Len Deighton is the author of the Action...
View ArticleWill Britain's restaurants survive coronavirus?
For many chefs and restaurateurs the end of lockdown will not be the end of their problems. Here they describe how they’re copingYou need not be blessed with the visual imagination of a poet to look at...
View ArticleEasy spaghetti, chicken with goat's cheese: simple recipes with three main...
Five dishes from top chefs including Giorgio Locatelli’s spaghetti, Anna Haugh’s chicken and Jeremy Lee’s rhubarb, orange and ricottaGiorgio LocatelliThree ingredients: spaghetti, chilli, parmigiano...
View ArticleThe best wines to drink during lockdown
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View ArticleNigel Slater's easy egg recipes
Asparagus souffle, mushroom tagliatelle, baked cheese croissants, apricot and lemon curd cake – seven delicious recipes that are as good as goldI long to break into the freckled shell of a boiled egg...
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I have three frying pans but two are really only there for use on violent intruders. I might be losing the plot …The non-meat chopping board I have used for more than a decade is awful. It is a mini...
View ArticleJack Monroe: 'My back-up plan is to go back to working at the supermarket'
The cook and campaigner talks about growing up in a house full of foster children, her large appetite, and why she doesn’t take her career for grantedI was born in Southend in the late 80s and now I...
View ArticleOur baby was born. Then coronavirus lockdown began
We always knew a baby would mean a change of gear. But we’ve had a crash course in an old-fashioned way of feeding a family Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBefore...
View ArticleMy daily coronavirus lockdown walks are full of food discoveries
Pink wafers from a corner shop, fresh naan at the grocer’s – and a heart-warming sign in one shop window: ‘We are still baking’ I must have walked by the shop in question hundreds of times in the years...
View ArticleHow to make apricot jam – amaretto optional
Making jam is trickier than most people think – get it right with the author of The Modern PreserverHow to make your own bread – in an hourI see my jam-making quests as rather saint-like, saving the...
View ArticleEasy bread recipes: how to make cornbread and oatmeal soda bread
Step by step directions by Dan Lepard for breads that can be made in an hourHow to make apricot jamThe transformation that bread flour takes from the white powder in the bag to the ripped, puffed loaf...
View ArticleLen & Alex Deighton’s Mexican Cookstrips: Chilaquiles rojos
Len: Chilaquiles is not the most beautiful Mexican dish. Alex: But it’s easy, and delicious, and comforting. After the first bite I can’t stop. Len: I’m going to have seconds.Len Deighton is the author...
View ArticleServing the people: how the UK food industry has responded to the coronavirus...
From Michelin-starred chefs feeding frontline workers to a gin distillery making hand sanitiser, people have had to move with the timesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus...
View ArticlePizza, kebabs, chicken tikka masala: make your own takeaway favourites
Instead of phoning up for your takeaway, try cooking them at home with Rob Allison’s recipes How to make your own pastaAt its best, pizza is a wondrously simple combination of soft dough with a crispy...
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Angela Hartnett’s method for the best homemade pasta, plus her recipe for tagliatelle with peas and parma hamMake your own takeaway favourites: pizza, kebab, chicken tikka masalaI find it very...
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