Culinary

Driving through Wales last weekend, the sun blazing and grassy verges flanking narrow lanes with an irrepressible explosion of wild flowers that seemed to buff the car like a spring carwash, we kept noticing houses with...

Icould happily spend an entire day munching on pistachios – the salted kind, roasted in their pale shells as a quick snack. I like to use the unsalted variety for sweet bakes, ground into a powder...

British supermarkets are selling thousands of tonnes of avocados produced in a Chilean region where villagers claim vast amounts of water are being diverted, resulting in a drought. Major UK supermarkets including Tesco, Morrisons, Waitrose, Aldi...

The sharp and sweet acidity of the tamarind fruit is a much-loved tool of Indian and Pakistani cooks, as well as other parts of Asia and the Middle East. But it has never become a key...

There is something primally delicious about larb, a salad from Laos in which the dressing is king. It’s rare for a dish to tick all the flavour boxes, but larb is sweet, sour, salty, bitter and...

Prep 10 min Cook 30 min Serves 4-6 For the crackers 150g rye flour 150g plain flour 5g dried yeast 2 tsp salt 1½ tsp linseeds 300ml warm water For the topping 500g swiss chard 200g peas 1 garlic...

Prep 30 min Cook 10 min Serves 4-6 160g flour 1 pinch salt 100ml water 100ml milk 100g butter 250g whole eggs 100g sweetcorn kernels 200g salt cod, poached and flaked 1 tsp sugar 10g dried fennel seeds 1...

Crab and fennel tarts (pictured above) Prep 1 hr Chill 1-2 hr Cook 30 min Makes 12 For the pastry 175g butter, diced 200g plain flour, plus extra for dusting 2 tsp grated parmesan 1 egg yolk 15ml ice-cold water...

The founder of the Yorkshire-based video games company behind hits such as Worms is set for a £50m windfall from a stockmarket listing valuing the business at up to £230m. Debbie Bestwick, 48, founded Team17 in 1990 and...

If the proof of the pudding is in the eating, then crumble is comfortingly solid evidence that the best desserts aren’t delicate or even pretty: this isn’t a dish to stun social media, but it will...