We are not all about diets, January is over after all. However, a plethora of children's birthda

I have been following some of the delicious recipes in Bon Appetit over the last month - they do a 'food lover

Like pasta, dumplings are a a comfort to make as much as to eat, a perfect family food suiting chopsticks or

  If eating chocolate is meant to be therapeutic, ever tried making it? Melting, gently stirring, setting

  These are a quick and easy take on the Jewish recipe for Rugelach - thin pastry rolled with dried fruit

  Here we are a week before *the* festive overeating event of the year, and we offer you something relati

  Customs and traditions are what bring us together. Many of us will not eat Turkey any day other than Ch

  Sable? Sable is French for sand, and these Parmesan Sable biscuits are so named because of their textur

Remember the film Shallow Hal? The one where Jack Black plays a guy obsessed with physical beauty. When hypnot

  Can we just indulge our love of winter squash once more? This soup is creamy and crunchy, sweet and spi

These super soft bread rolls, filled with slow roasted squash, caramelized onion and a mildly grassy goat chee

  This is a simple, speedy and wholesome revamp of  a classic comfort dish. In our Fig and Blackberry cr

Autumn squash is a versatile thing - for cooking and baking it's mild sweetness and creamy texture lends itsel

What can I say except make this already! These autumnal apple meringue tartlets are easy to make. Small and pe

  This recipe for a seasonal and decadent brunch was initiated by some plump, luscious Bursa figs I picke

There was a time when I would rather not eat chocolate cakes - preferring chocolate as is to cakes made of it.

This is perfect for summer - no heavy creamy cheese in this, so in fact I would add ' ' to cheesecake, but thi

  There are many ways we plan to use up our ongoing and prolific courgette harvest. Many of them involve

  What turns a good meal into a special one? Complementary textures and colour are something to consider

Stuck for summer desserts and tired of fruit tarts and pies? Pretty in pink,  here is a light, simple and sum

Soundbites -little phrases that convey so much more. Politicians live and die by them. One of the most memorab

This tomato and vanilla jelly will add a soft sweetness to strongly flavoured cheese and cold meat. Perfect fo

  This ice cream terrine is a little bit Yin and a little bit Yang. Rich, voluptuous mascarpone, heavily

A simple fruit pie, perfect for lunchboxes and early summer picnics. Make them small like we have here or upsi

A rice pudding without the rice? Here is a dessert combining subtle scent and flavour of Jasmine rice with the

A while back we held an Indochine Supperclub. With our focus on French cooking styles, the intersection of Fre

  Here is a recipe that is one of the backbones of our kitchen. Make a big pot of this, portion it up int

  The lighter evenings and a run of holiday weekends has us stocking up charcoal and thinking of grilling

Work and family, family and work. Our work-life balance has tipped more towards the former over the last week,

Buttermilk popcorn chicken While we do keep well stocked up on home made chicken nuggets for the kids, this on

We got hold of some wild garlic (ramps) this week. These leaves are very seasonal. Growing in profusion in woo

I have been dabbling with the 5:2 diet (intermittent fasting diet) of late, the one where you only really have

This recipe utilises Sous Vide cooking using the SousVide Supreme to put together a special meal, full of spri

Pastillas are like Moroccan Spring Rolls. Tender, flaky meat combined with sweet spices, herbs and vine fruit,

A light, floral slip of a cake. Ballerina pretty with its layers of soft pink jelly and a pale lychee mousse o

Vegetarian Betel Leaf Rolls If you have ever travelled to the Indian Subcontinent or South East Asia you may h