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Annabel Karmel’s top tips for making the most of family mealtimes

Annabel Karmel knows everything there is to know about feeding children of all ages. Here she shares her tips for happy family mealtimes – sensible advice to take the stress out of feeding your family.

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Annabel Karmel’s Ultimate Mother’s Day Menu

Annabel Karmel knows better than anyone how hard mothers work to feed their family. Her Ultimate Mother’s Day Menu is the perfect way to say “Thank you, mum” with a very special meal.

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What My Mother Taught Me: Rick Stein’s childhood food memories

Rick Stein reminisces about the food of his childhood – find out why his mother’s fish cakes are still the best he has ever tasted.

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What My Mother Taught Me: Nadia Sawalha’s Childhood

Nadia Sawalha grew up at the heart of a vibrant Middle Eastern family of food-lovers. In this nostalgic extract from her family cookbook, Stuffed Vine Leaves Saved My Life, she pays tribute to her mother’s passion for cooking and the influence this had on her own love of great food.

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Easy edible gifts for Mother’s Day

If you’d like to bring a smile to your mum’s face on Mother’s Day, check out this edible gifts guide – we’ve got all the inspiration you need to whip up a truly special homemade treat.

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What My Mother Taught Me: Hawksmoor’s Will Beckett

Will Beckett is the son of respected food and wine writer, Fiona Beckett. In this touching interview, explains how she influenced his passion for food and shares his favourite Fiona-inspired recipe from Hawksmoor at Home.

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What My Mother Taught Me: Rachel Khoo’s Food Memories

For Rachel Khoo, there is one recipe above all others in her My Little French Kitchen book that whisks her straight back to her childhood, and reminds her just how much her cooking is influenced by her mother.

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Jack Monroe’s Ultimate Mother’s Day Menu

Jack Monroe’s debut cookbook, A Girl Called Jack, is packed with simple money-saving recipes. Jack has picked three favourites for this Ultimate Mother’s Day Menu.

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Mary Berry’s Ultimate Mother’s Day Menu

Treat your foodie mum to a truly special Mother’s Day meal with this trio of recipes from Mary Berry’s brand new book, Mary Berry Cooks.

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Jack Monroe interview: her cookery inspiration and foodie heroes

Jack Monroe’s debut cookbook, A Girl Called Jack, has only been out a week and has flown straight to the top of the book charts. We caught up with the foodie of the moment to find out all about it.

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Sarah Chamberlain of TOAST shows off her cookbooks

As one half of the TOAST team, Sarah Chamberlain is responsible for some of London’s most exciting and talked about food events. Here, she gives us a grand tour of her enviable cookbook collection, revealing the inspiration behind her love of home cooking.

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How to melt and temper chocolate

Working with chocolate is straightforward, as long as you have the right expert to guide you. Here, Molly Bakes shares her simple instructions for melting and tempering chocolate.

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