Top 10
Like chicken tonight? Well, you've come to the right place. Here are our Top 10 chicken recipes.
Yes, you can turn straw into gold folks. And if you've got a recipe for leftovers we'd love to hear about it.
These filling, delicious risotto recipes will keep you warm and help you through the cold spell. There's even a sweet version (trust us, it's lovely!)
Doesn't everyone? And research shows that potatoes are one of the safest foods to eat. The humble spud features in many different cuisines around the world. Here's a round up.
Looking for ways to keep your little horrors – sorry, darlings – occupied?
You want some Chinese cooking advice from the experts? Well, you're in the right place. Terry Tan, he's the man!
Resolutions for food lovers
From trying new flavours to avoiding wicked puds – there’s no end to the resolutions a food-lover can make. Sudi Pigott brings you her top 10.
2.
Expand your horizons by observing the culinary traditions of notable
festivals throughout the year. It’s the perfect excuse to get friends
together and experiment with less familiar cuisines. Try soba noodle
dishes for Oshogatsu (Japanese New Year in early January) and the
wonderful herby rice dishes for Norooz Persian New Year (21 March).
3. Resolve
to eat more locally and sustainably. This isn’t about nicking fresh bay
leaves from a neighbour’s bush (OK, I’ve done it) or Peter Rabbit-style
raids on the local allotment (no, I haven’t done that). Rather
supporting your local farmers’ market, even if it means missing out on
Sunday lie-ins. As well as tasty, often cheaper finds, it’s great for
mingling with the neighbours and can always justify a siesta after a
Sunday lunch of impeccable provenance.
4.
Decide to care more about presentation. No, I don’t mean piling things
in precarious pyramids or attempting horseradish foam with the roast
beef. It’s more about adding a splash of enticing colour whether
that’s serving winter squash and celeriac purée with a hint of nutmeg
instead of plain potato mash or blood orange imbued crème fraîche with
a winter fruit crumble. Try this simple but beautiful dessert: French mild goat's cheese with lavender syrup and toasted brioche.
5.
Don’t hang around moaning about being 650th in the queue for an
allotment – grow your own, even if it’s only herbs in a pot. There’s
little to rival the satisfaction of harvesting one’s own parsley, mint
or chives, while old-fashioned varieties such as salad burnet are
enjoying a revival. I recently noted that Le Manoir Aux Quat’Saison’s
kitchen gardens in Oxfordshire have a healthy crop of lemongrass, so
anything is possible.
6.
Make time to cook with your kids. Remember they don’t only enjoy
cake-baking; my 12-year-old son was a soup refusenik until lending a
hand with a minestrone converted him.
7. Devote a weekend to home pickling and preserving – it will it jazz up mealtimes, and keep you in gifts for months! See our Know How section for tips.
8. Widen your foodie landscape by learning more about a favourite food. For example, seventypercent does brilliant comparative chocolate tastings.
9.
Instead of complaining that eating out is just too expensive, be
strategic and plan a decadent day off and go out for lunch when many of
the top-rated places do fantastic deals.
10.
Celebrate biodiversity. Ask for king edwards and pink fir apples etc.
If we do not ask for fruit and vegetables by named varieties, and meats
by breed, we’ll no longer have the choice.
Sudi is author of How to be a Better Foodie; click here to buy the book.
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