Wines to drink with your Chinese new year feast
If you’re planning a Chinese meal to mark the beginning of the year of the pig, here are the wines to go forChina...
Annabel Crabb’s Sri Lankan butternut and cashew curry recipe
Spice up summer entertaining with a rich curry served with a traditional sambolThis dish is the product of Wendy’s patient, repeated attempts to...
Cocktail of the week: Aji margarita
Using chilli-infused tequila gives the classic drink a bit more of a kickTo make the infused tequila, use any brand you have to...
The end of small plates: why the dinner-ruining dishes may finally...
The trend for small-plate menus in restaurants has tested friendships and defied logic. They have to go – here’s whyThe news that Russell...
Caractère, London W11: ‘A bit of a trip’ – restaurant review
Playful, satisfying and occasionally baffling, there is lots to love at Emily Roux’s new restaurantHaving the name Roux hanging around your neck must...
Harriet Birrell’s delicious dal bowl recipe
Easy to digest and guaranteed to satisfy the grumbliest of stomachs, dal with steamed rice is a nutritious dinner optionDal is a traditional...
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for lemon risotto
The fruit cuts through the starchy rice, butter, stock and cheeseWhile they are as much a year-round fixed kitchen component as milk, flour, forks...
Cocktail of the week: Zuma’s lillet blanc
A luxurious white wine aperitif with fig liqueur, whisky and bubbles that is sure to cheer up any dark February eveningServes 150ml Lillet...
Kim-Joy’s recipe for bear biscuits: a cardamom, orange and chocolate delight
In the first of a new weekly series of recipes for the Guardian, the Bake Off star presents biscuits that children will loveThese...
Thomasina Miers’ recipe for vanilla yoghurt panna cotta with oat biscuits
Follow a rich lunch with this light, tangy dessert and tasty wafersNow that I have settled into the rhythm of 2019, I’m looking...