food & drink
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Artichokes, peas and soft cheeseA piquant, tender and tasty dish - and you can use shortcuts from the cupboard -
Elderflower sorbet and pistachio biscuitsKing of puddings: A few bags of elder blooms can quickly become a refreshing cordial. But far more enticing on a hot summer’s day is a cooling sorbet with a pistachio biscuit companion
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Andrew McConnell's prawn and chicken dumplings with spiced vinegar recipeThe chef shares some of the dishes that have made Melbourne’s Supernormal restaurant so popular -
Homemade fish fingers with mushy peas and tartare sauce, plus blueberry pancakesThere’s an art to mushy peas, starting with a proper portion size
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From golden lattes to wonder drug – is turmeric really such a super spice?In the first of a new series about en vogue ingredients and culinary trends, Felicity Cloake examines why the golden spice is being seen as a modern-day miracle food
recipes
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Rachel Roddy’s three summer antipasti recipesRachel Roddy recipes: Memories of a sultry Puglian summer evening inspire an irresistible spread of antipasti: grilled aubergine with slivers of garlic, courgette shaved and marinated in peppery olive oil, and borlotti beans doused in a tangy marinade
vegetarian
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Anna Jones's recipe for jersey royal potatoes and four tasty saucesThe modern cook: New potatoes need little more than salt to excel, but amaze with a dab of aioli, summer tartare, bravas or salmoriglio. And baked with tomatoes they yield to a sticky sweetness ...
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Luke Mangan's honey and oregano haloumi with fig, golden beets, dandelion and walnutsIn his latest recipe collection, leading Australian chef Luke Mangan has delicious and easy recipes for sharing meals with friends
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fish & seafood
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Luke Mangan's tempura prawn tortillas with pineapple salsa and chipotle mayoIn his latest recipe collection Sharing Plates, leading Australian chef Luke Mangan has delicious and easy recipes for sharing meals with friends
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The weekend cook: Thomasina Miers’ recipes for jersey royalsIt’s jersey royal season, which means there’s only one thing for it: eat as many of these deliciously earthy potatoes while you can
regulars
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Nigel Slater recipesNigel Slater recipesNigel Slater’s sesame recipesTalk about snap chat: sesame seeds bring a deep, nutty tone to cheesecake and panna cotta, and you can even make your own brittle, says Nigel Slater
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Yotam Ottolenghi recipesYotam Ottolenghi recipesYotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for quick-pickled onionsTransform your onions with a quick bath in something sour
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Happy eaterHappy eaterIt’s tough saying goodbye to a kitchen – even one with a rusty binIt was orange. It had a tiny fridge. But that old kitchen was at the heart of family life
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Felicity Cloake's perfect recipesFelicity Cloake's perfect recipesHow to cook the perfect risi e bisiCan this Venetian dish only be made with fresh peas, or will frozen do? What about tinned? And that’s before we get started on the fork or spoon debate …
drinks
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Gin sales help fill Treasury coffers as spirits raise more money than beerSpirits duty overtakes beer for first time as British drinkers buy record amounts of gin
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Sparks from Marks: three top Bordeaux and Bordeaux-inspired wines at M&SShoppers may have been turning against their clothing ranges, but M&S wines are a high street standout, with some superb examples at around a tenner. By David Williams
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It’s a lovely morning, all’s well with the world… until a café manager erupts into unaccountable rageA tale of coffee shops, croissants and steaming confrontations
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Fancy a glass of … Britagne? England’s vineyards seek a snappy brand nameWith the market for English sparkling wines booming, top vintners explain how the next step is to find a memorable name for their product
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Wine: it’s not hard to see why malbec ticks so many boxesThe beauty of malbec is that it delivers at practically every price point, from everyday quaffers to serious players
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Record number of English and Welsh wine companies launched in 2016Industry experts say weak pound is factor in popularity of English and Welsh wines with overseas buyers
cocktails
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Cocktail of the week: coriander and ginger chhaas - recipeCool down with a fresh yoghurt mix that’s perfect for summer
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Cocktail of the week: rosemary Collins – recipeFresh herbs bring some extra zip to a legendary cocktail
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The 4 best brunch cocktailsFrom a classic bloody mary to a ‘hair of the dog’ corpse reviver, these are the drinks to go with your favourite brunch recipes
food & travel
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All in a roe: the secret of Sardinia’s bottargaCabras lagoon in the island’s south-west is home to prized bottarga, cured and air-dried grey mullet roe that’s perfect as a nibble or grated over pasta
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The crazy Calabrian celebration of stodgeTwo Italian brothers are bringing their home town’s tradition of cooking for the masses to London. Nell Frizzell reports
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Top 10 restaurants and bistros in ZagrebCroatia’s capital is bursting with good-value places to eat and drink. And new flights from the UK have made getting there cheaper too
Yotam Ottolenghi recipes Quick-pickled onions