Guides

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Is dark chocolate really a health food?

A web search for ‘is chocolate a superfood’ yields almost 7 million results. Can chocolate – even if it contains less sugar – ever be that good for us?

In the kitchen

How to cook the perfect steak

Want to cook the perfect steak? 'course you do! Chef Jason Atherton walks us through different cuts, from rump steak to chuck steak - and shows us how to cook it perfectly

Features

12 ways with Negroni

Are you a Negroni fan? If you answered yes, this is your lucky day. We've rounded up 12 of our favourite Negroni recipes from around the web.

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Top barbecue chefs share their award-winning tips

Want to throw a winning, perfectly-timed-and-cooked barbecue? Award-winning chefs, Samantha Evans and Shauna Guinn, share their best tips.

Learn

How to make sugar flowers – video

Got a cake to decorate? Here's how to make ranunculus (buttercup) sugar flowers from scratch in our step-by-step video to sugar craft and flower decoration

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Quick dinners ready in 15, 20 or 30 minutes

We've collected together easy, minimal-effort recipes for when time is tight… Here are our favourite recipes that are ready in just 15, 20, or 30 minutes.

Guides

What’s lagom and can I eat it?

Guides

Do artificial sweeteners cause weight gain?

With mounting concerns that sugar is fuelling the global obesity epidemic, the range of alternative sweeteners is growing. But are they causing weight gain?

Features

12 ways with miso

For many of us, our experience of miso paste is limited to the miso soup we get at a Japanese restaurant. But miso is so much more than just a soup...

Guides

Giant pan cookie – video

Is this what dreams are made of? A giant chocolate chip cookie, made in a single skillet pan. Eat it warm from the oven, topped with vanilla ice cream.

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How to make steamed and fried beef buns

Sifu Fei Wang, head chef at Hutong restaurant, teaches us how to make barbecue beef steamed and fried buns for dim sum.

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Which oils are safe to cook with?

Choosing the right oil for cooking can be confusing, especially when it comes to our health. So what gives? Sue Quinn looks at the latest developments.