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Rachel Roddy’s pan-roasted pork chops with sage, juniper and polentaRachel Roddy recipes: Revered by the ancient Romans for its cure-all properties and as a sign of prosperity, the silvery leaves of sage add a distinctive pungency to white beans, pumpkin and, here, pork and polenta, adapted from a Marcella Hazan recipe -
Nigel Slater’s chickpeas and spiced tomato sauce recipeGet your pulses going with a soft and sweet, nutty and crunchy, quick and easy vegetarian supper. By Nigel Slater
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Anna Jones’s recipes for two winter piesAnna Jones’ pie recipes: To warm you through this wintry month, top a spiced lentil pie with comforting mash or cover a hearty vegetable and cheese pie with crisp celeriac rosti -
Nigel Slater’s winter citrus recipesWinter citrus adds colour to the dark days of February. Refresh your plate with lemon, grapefruit and blood orange
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Nigel Slater’s black pudding, baked apples and celeriac mustard mash recipeVienna’s much-loved classic ‘heaven and earth’ dish is the inspiration for a delicious winter warmer by Nigel Slater
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Yotam OttolenghiYotam OttolenghiYotam Ottolenghi’s Taiwanese recipesReady, steady, wok… Create a stir in the kitchen with a Taiwanese feast
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Yotam Ottolenghi’s Taiwanese recipesReady, steady, wok… Create a stir in the kitchen with a Taiwanese feast
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Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for Valentine’s DayDitch the candles and flowers this 14 February, and cook from the heart instead
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The weekend cook: Ken Yamada’s recipes for cod teriyaki and miso lambSpectacular Japanese main courses you can make at home
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Nigel Slater’s chicken and broccoli recipeSomething suitably sizzling to light up a gloomy winter evening, by Nigel Slater
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Thomasina Miers: the ultimate roast chicken and six other easy recipesThe chef and former MasterChef winner is happiest cooking at home. In an exclusive extract from her new book, she shares her favourite starters and main courses
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Claire Ptak’s quick recipe for ice-cream sundaesQuick desserts: This week, we’re giving everyday vanilla ice-cream a makeover. Behold it transformed into a sundae with blood oranges and caramel, or – combined with another sweet staple, digestive biscuits – into the sandwich of dreams
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Anna Jones’s recipes for Valentine’s DayThe modern cook: Eschew the elaborate cliches and keep Valentine’s Day a straightforward – but delicious, and plentiful – affair with spaghetti and squash ‘meatballs’ and chocolate pots
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Ride out the crisis with homegrown vegVeg crisis: Blighty’s supermarkets are in crisis. Heavy rains and frost in Spain and Italy mean courgettes and iceberg lettuce are running low. The lesson? To cook with the bountiful produce of Britain’s cold climate: brassicas, roots and alliums
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Ruby Tandoh’s recipe for chocolate orange marble cakeA taste of home: The Tandoh family lunch was rounded off by shop-bought desserts – cherry bakewells, buttery madeira or soft chocolate marble cake, here given a zesty lift with added orange
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Food in books: icecream from Miss Pettigrew Lives for a DayTo celebrate female friendship, Kate Young reimagines a sweet treat enjoyed by Miss Pettigrew and a pal during a night out in Winifred Watson’s famous novel
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Nigel Slater’s dried fig and marsala tart, and clementine and ginger butter recipesFlip your baking over and make an impressive upside-down tart. Just be careful not to burn yourself…
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The weekend cook: Ken Yamada’s recipes for Japanese salads and side dishesThree easy staples of the Japanese table, from Tonkotsu’s executive chef
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The 20 best one-pot recipes: part 3Risotto, stews and steamed shellfish from chefs including Nigel Slater and Margot Henderson. Recipes selected by Observer Food Monthly
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Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for cooking with capersCapers pack a flavour punch way above their weight, so use them sparingly
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Yotam Ottolenghi’s winter soup recipesA warming, comforting soup ticks all the boxes for January eating
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Thomasina Miers’ festive starters and party food – recipesWhen it comes to Christmas cooking, stick to food that will excite people without making you frazzled
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The weekend cook: Thomasina Miers’ recipes for warming winter vegetable soupsA proper thick vegetable soup is just the thing to see you through the exhausting run-up to Christmas
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Yotam Ottolenghi’s grape recipesGrapes every which way: in a burrata and basil salad, with chicken and fennel, and in a boozy, pomegranate-scented granita
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The weekend cook: Thomasina Miers’ recipes for plaice with potatoes, and chargrilled hispi cabbageThere’s a lot to be said for giving humble ingredients the respect they deserve
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Nigel Slater’s breakfast chocolate recipesSunday is the perfect day for a lazy and indulgent breakfast – and that, says Nigel, means chocolate
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SymmetryBreakfast recipes: five hits from the Instagram favouriteA celebration of love and breakfast from Michael Zee’s book Cook Love Share plus five recipes from around the world
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Cocktail of the week: Yellow paint recipeWrap your tastebuds round this: sweet, floral flavour, with a tingle thrown in
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A recipe for handmade pork pieMeet the producer: Specialist pork pie-maker Sarah Pettegree says a real pork pie is a far cry from the factory pie of today. Made with fresh meat and hand-filled, they’re an utterly different animal
Tamal Ray’s healthy lunch recipes: noodle pots and dal with flatbreads