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Superb salads to serve with a barbecue

From a classic Greek salad to a crunchy Caribbean slaw, find all of the best salad dishes for pairing with your barbecue this summer.

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Neil Rankin’s 4 Ultimate Rubs and Sauces

Meat master Neil Rankin knows a thing or two about cooking meat. Here Neil has picked out 4 of the most delicious rubs and sauces from his debut cookbook, Low...

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Cook from the Book: Scallops with Champ from Hawksmoor at Home

Our Head of Interest Brands, Lynsey, has been on the look out for the perfect beginners scallop recipe. Find out how she got along with this recipe from Hawksmoor at Home.

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Our 5 Favourite Jamie Oliver Food Revolution Recipes

Inspired by the hit TV series Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution – which is all about celebrating good, fresh, real food – we’re following in Jamie’s footsteps and getting stuck into some family friendly...

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5 Cookbooks That Have Inspired Peace & Parsnips Author Lee Watson

Lee Watson, the author of vegan cookbook Peace & Parsnips, has shared the five cookbooks that shaped the way he thinks about (and eats!) food. Find out more about Lee’s own...

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Cook from the Book: Glass Noodle Salad from The Lunchbox Book

Who: Fran Gizauskas, Press Officer at DK Books What I made: Glass Noodle Salad with Green Beans, Roasted Chickpeas, Chilli, and Peanuts from The Lunchbox Book What I thought: If breakfast is...

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The Happy Foodie’s Laid-back Lunch Menu

Here at The Happy Foodie, we take the longer and warmer evenings as an excuse to invite a load of fellow foodies over for a long, leisurely, laid-back lunch. Get inspired for...

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Ottolenghi on Hummus Wars

Political and nationalistic discussions about hummus — where it started and how; who was the first to crush chickpeas and mix them with sesame paste and when — are almost...

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Our 6 Favourite Hummus Recipes

You can’t really beat a bowl of hummus, can you? Especially a homemade batch, heady with the flavours of lemon, garlic and tahini. Here we’ve listed the three recipes we...

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7 Asparagus Recipes to Enjoy this Spring

After months of waiting, the asparagus season has finally begun! It’s a marker of warmer weather, spring harvests and of course, a load of amazing asparagus recipes. Here are 7 of our...

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3 Cracking Barbecue Recipes to Try This Weekend

Stop press! The sun is officially out. That means it's time to dust off the barbecue, grab the tongs and get ready to rub, marinade and griddle our way to foodie...

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Cook From The Book: Recipes from Chicken and Rice

To celebrate the release of Shu Han Lee’s cookbook, Chicken and Rice, we’ve gathered a team of eager (and hungry) cooks to try out the recipes from the book at...

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