The sorrel brings a freshness and lightness to this dish. Serve with crusty bread and a green salad, and save the heads and shells to...

Onto Aleppo, for an inauthentic take on Kebab b'il Karaz, or lamb kofte in a mouth-puckering cherry sauce. It’s supposed to be made with...

So this week I saw these beautiful, slightly gnarly finger aubergines and could not resist picking up a couple. And I wanted to eat them...

The spicy Calabria-Provence mash-up you know you wanted. It miiiiiight have been an error to turn the oven down so a friend and I could...

True comfort food for this rubbish July, with roasted garlic to smoke things up. Add or reduce the ricotta, depending on how spicy you...

A shout-out to the artichokes tumbling out of their crates in the markets right now. I associate them with sunny French lunches or...

Only a tad more complicated than the Panzanella or the Oregano number, this is a moreish, mouth-puckering way to give those tomatoes the...

What do you do when you’re short on funds, squiffy after a prosecco-soaked bank holiday picnic, and sitting in Greenwich when you’ve got...

From the tiny Amalfi fishing village of Nerano to good old Balham, since the garden of my friends’ new house is a breeding ground for...

And for a heatwave lunch, when you really can’t face frying? Here’s a Chilled Courgette and Basil Soup that looks as sweet in shot...

This is based on the Persian dish khoresh-e-rivas, although I’m sure it’s not totally authentic. The rhubarb adds a sumptuous sourness to...

I'd like to call this an "Ello Sunshine" Salad, because it's colourful and sunny and almost annoyingly perky. Use the Pickled Rhubarb...

Naff fishy pastry cut-out optional. An easy, pleasing weeknight TV dinner. If you’re feeling particularly decadent, add a couple of...

Well, this is dead easy and dead pleasing. I first made this for chicken kievs last year, then when there was a load left over in the...

Quiche seems to be the talk of the town with the impending coronation, so here’s a fun one I made earlier. I’ve specified purple...

A stylish dinner party dish that makes the January King the ruling star. It looks like a lot of steps, but it's easy-peasy (it's almost...

I have a terrible habit of ordering gyoza in, especially when hungover. There's a wonderful place in Elephant & Castle that does pork...

Banish the cold (and colds) and think on sunnier climes with this refreshing, crunchy salad. The aniseed of the fennel, the tang of the...

A cosy winter dish. This was made with a huge amount of love for the old and current flatmates who bought me a tree when I said I...

Mulled wine is being sold on the South Bank, lights are dazzling the Strand, and Michael Buble has been wheeled out of the cupboard to...