Tom Hunt’s recipe for fridge-raid minestrone, UK-style | Waste not
A creative way to use up the bits you already have around, all while getting in a healthy mixture of vegetables and whole grains This hearty dish is inspired by the diets of the Blue Zones, or those regions of the world where people live the longest,…
A perry respectable alternative to wine – in praise of pear cider
Beyond Babycham there is a whole cottage industry of small-batch fine perries that are surprisingly perfect for pairing with food“They’re gorgeous little beasts,” Eddie Izzard said on the subject of pears in her mid-1990s show Definite Article, “but…
‘I cannot hear “stuffed vegetables” without flashbacks’
It has taken me decades to get over the vegetarian cookbooks of my pastIt would be unwise to overstate things, the world being as it is, but what happened in the UK with stuffed peppers is a tragedy. You know the ones I mean: traffic light bell peppers…
Cooking with Tom Kerridge, the Michelin ‘meatfluencer’
The star chef demystified the restaurant scene with his love of a welcoming pub. Now he explains why hospitality is in crisis – and how to make a sublime venison chilliTom Kerridge is the king of meat: first as a chef, transforming pub classics like pork…
UK food and drink trade deficit largest since 2000 at £21bn
Industry leaders call on government to protect homegrown produce in the interest of national securityThe gap between Britain’s food and drink exports and imports has neared its highest this century, as a combination of Brexit, war in the Middle East and…