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Gennaro’s Farfalle Pasta with Asparagus, Mushrooms and Crispy Pancetta

FARFALLE CON ASPARAGI E FUNGHI CON PANCETTA Quick, nutritious and delicious, this pasta dish makes a substantial main course. If you’re catering for vegetarians, just omit the crispy pancetta. For speed, buy ready-trimmed green beans, asparagus tips and ready-sliced mushrooms.   Serves 4  Cooking time: 20 minutes Preheat the… Read More

Honey & Co. invite you to try delicious Middle Eastern recipes from their kitchen in their new book ‘At Home’

At home Sarit and Itamar, this is us: middle-aged couple, married plus three. Honey & Co, six years old, was our first-born, our tiny, happy Middle Eastern restaurant on Warren Street; Honey & Spice, three years old, is the little deli we opened across the road from the restaurant,… Read More

Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards winner Bart van Olphen talks about why he wrote ‘Bart’s Fish Tales’

Bart van Olphen was the winner of this year’s Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards ‘Travel Cookery Book of the Year’for his Bart’s Fish Tales: A Fishing Adventure in over 100 recipes. He talks to the awards team about what inspired him to write the book. Read More

Q&A with Flowerbomb! author Hannah Read-Baldrey

Author, maker and presenter Hannah Read-Baldrey has been crafting since she can remember. In her new book Flowerbomb! she shares her passion for all things floral in 25 craft projects with the idea to ‘create a decorative explosion of beautiful flowers across your home and life to bring floral joy to… Read More

Crochet your own dog for Chinese Year of the Dog

The Chinese Year of the Dog is here! With Edward’s Menagerie: Dogs, the new book by Kerry Lord, dog lovers can crochet their own pooch to celebrate the Year of the Dog. An important animal in Chinese mythology and traditions, many of today’s popular dog breeds originated in China,… Read More

Celebrate NYE with Mulled Negroni

If you’ve had your fill of mulled wine already but still want something warming to toast in the new year, try this flavourful mulled Negroni from Rich Woods, featuring in his book The Cocktail Guy. This recipe uses a water bath and vacuum bag for infusing the spirits. If… Read More

Yum! Use up your Christmas leftovers with some Turkey Pho

Pho is a Vietnamese noodle soup, thus making it pretty much the perfect tonic to jaded, hungover Christmas palates. It’s fresh and lively and deeply nourishing. SERVES 6 For the broth 2 onions, halved and peeled a few fat slices of fresh ginger 5 star anise 2… Read More

A festive Salmon En Croute for Christmas Day

If you’re planning on serving fish on Christmas Day then you need something suitably significant and festive, decorous and decorative. Ideally you also want something you can prep well in advance and then just pop in the oven when the time comes. Which is what this does. Hollandaise is… Read More

A Christmas Treat! This Chocolate, Orange and Hazelnut Tart is divine

    SERVES 6–8 (10–12 AT A PUSH) For the pastry 100g/3½oz/7 tbsp cold butter, cubed 200g/7oz/generous 1½ cups plain (all-purpose) flour a pinch of salt 2 eggs For the filling 300ml/10fl oz/1¼ cups double (heavy) cream 300g/10½oz dark chocolate, broken into pieces 1 egg and 2 egg yolks 100g/3½oz/½… Read More

3D Snowflake decoration – free project

This elegant 3D snowflake decoration will look amazing hanging on a Christmas tree. It’s created by Erin Hung of paper goods company BerinMade and if you like this project, there are many more paper decorations to make in Erin’s book Paper Parties, out now. Difficulty Level: 3… Read More

Chocolate and red wine cake

torta al cioccolato e vino rosso Chocolate and red wine go well together, so what better way to combine them than in a cake? This cake from Gennaro’s Passione by Gennaro Contaldo is light, moist and simple to prepare. For a special occasion, coat with chocolate sauce and decorate… Read More

This well-filled fruit loaf stays moist for a few days and is a good breakfast bread

A forgotten piece in the corner of the bread bin, discovered after a few days, makes nice toast. If you double the recipe, the second loaf can be frozen for another time.   MAKES 1 LOAF 350 g/12 oz/2⅓ cups strong white (bread) flour 1¾ tsp easy-blend (active dry) yeast… Read More