Flower plates Lovely earthenware pudding plates in the shape of hollyhocks and daisies. Designed by Maria Flor for Bordallo Pinheiro Bordallo Pinheiro flower plates, from Euro 13.40 […]

The loss of Anthony Bourdain hit the food world hard. He was intense, driven, foul-mouthed (his books introduced the obscenity into recipes) but also charming, […]

esterday, feeling greedy, I remembered ravishing displays of fruit outside a large emporium I’d driven admiringly past a number of times. Mammoth oranges, grapes as […]

Robin Gill, chef and restaurateur The cookbook that has most influenced your cooking There are two books; The Silver Spoon which I used from a very young […]

  arry and Meghan have shown good taste credentials when it comes to cake. The royal couple's annointed baker is Claire Ptak, owner of the Violet […]

Peak flamingo At some point flamingos will fall out of fashion, but until they do you’re safe to indulge your passion with flamingo cake tins, aprons, […]

The Winner of the 2018 Fortnum & Mason Cookery Book of the Year is a constant delight, says Christopher Hirst t an early stage in the […]

Jose Pizarro, award-winning Spanish chef (one of the ‘100 espanoles’), author, co-founder of Brindias restaurants and chef-owner of Jose Pizarro, tapas bar The cookbook that has […]

t looks like being a good year for elder flowers and fruit… Elderflower buds make a delightful pickle, which is also useful as a garnish, […]

The Fuzzy Duck The Fuzzy Duck has gone from boarded-up boozer to winner of GQ’s 2018 Best Pub award. Behind the Duck’s unprepossessing exterior lurks a […]

or a spring cocktail, head south of the border, down Mexico way. The Cuervo de Mayo is a compound devised by the Cuervo tequila people […]

Diana Henry, award-winning food writer and author of eleven books The cookbook that has most influenced your cooking I bought the Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook and Claudia […]

rather belated search for a venue suitable for a Mother’s Day dinner (near and quiet for the benefit of tottering oldies; cool and in […]

Formerly a Vietnam war correspondent and political journalist. R.W ‘Johnny’ Apple (1934-2006), ended a 40-year stint on the New York Times by exploring the foods […]

  n 1992, Family Circle Magazine inaugurated a head-to-head cookie-baking challenge that has become a fixture of US presidential campaigns ever since. The competition began in […]