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5 prep-ahead recipes to pair together from The Green Barbecue

Author of The Roasting Tin series, Rukmini Iyer, shares a menu of 5 laid-back recipes to pair together from her new cookbook, The Green Barbecue.

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Cook from the Book: The Green Barbecue

A handful of very enthusiastic volunteers tested some of the best vegan and vegetarian recipes from Rukmini Iyer’s latest book, The Green Barbecue.

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10 vibrant, plant-based recipes from The Green Barbecue

A sneak peek at ten of the best vegan recipes from Rukmini Iyer’s brand new book, The Green Barbecue.

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What to plant, harvest and cook in April with Kathy Slack

It’s April and things are getting busy for kitchen gardeners. Kathy Slack gives us the low down on what to sow now, from beets to beans, and how to make the most of the revered British asparagus season.

Recipe Collections

6 of the best orecchiette pasta recipes

Throw some fresh shapes into your pasta repertoire with these easy orecchiette recipes from Ottolenghi, Rick Stein, Jamie Oliver and more.

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Cook from the Book: SpiceBox

We’ve been dying to get our hands on SpiceBox, the curry house-inspired vegan cookbook from Grace Regan. See how we got on cooking some of the book’s standout recipes.

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6 of the best chocolate cheesecakes

From a triple chocolate marbled number to no-bake banoffee version and even a cheesecake twist on a red velvet, this collection of chocolate cheesecake recipes features plenty of different takes from the likes of Mary Berry, Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson.

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How to make your own perfectly smooth hummus

Learn to make silky smooth Middle Eastern hummus with a few pointers from Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi.

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From Mini Egg cookies to a Creme Egg loaf cake: Easter bakes from Jane’s Patisserie

Jane’s Patisserie shares three creative Easter bakes to celebrate the announcement of her brand new cookbook.

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Cook from the Book: No-Recipe Recipes

A group of volunteer home cooks tried their hands at some of the “no-recipe recipes” featured in The New York Times Cooking: No-Recipe Recipes

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What to plant, harvest and cook in March with Kathy Slack

In the March instalment of her monthly column, kitchen gardener Kathy Slack gets us ready for an Easter weekend seed sowing spree and shares three recipes for a kale harvest.

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The intuitive cook’s store cupboard

Improvisational cooking is much easier than you think, especially when your store cupboard is stocked with all of the basics. In this extract from The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes, author Sam Sifton shares his prepped pantry must-haves.

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