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 Blanc15ml fig liqueur – Figaro, ideally, but if you can’t find that,...
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 bear biscuits are very simple to make and kids will...
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 to the weekends for some gentle entertainment to get me...
Gilpin Spice, Windermere: ‘Determined to hit every sweet spot’ – restaurant review
A vivid fusion of Chinese and Indian cooking makes for an unexpected haven in CumbriaGilpin Hotel, Crook Road, Windermere LA23 3NP (01539 488818). Snacks and small dishes £5-£12. Larger dishes £12-£17.50 Desserts £6-£8....
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for red cabbage, sausage and white bean soup
A multilayered and warming dish based on the mountain soup-stews of eastern PiedmontAfter Christmas and new year, and three large batches of braised red cabbage, a disproportionate amount of which – due to...
Get stuck into the marmalade debate
The Duchess of Argyll | Fortnum & Mason shoppers | Bird spotting | Sugar content of jamI assume that if the BBC drama about the Duchess of Argyll is screened (Report, 31 January)...
Cauliflower steaks and buffalo wings: can I make a hearty, dirty meal from this...
No-carbers have brought about an unexpected renaissance for the cauliflower as a replacement for flour or rice – while some claim it can be a substitute for meatYou wouldn’t think there was much...
Thomasina Miers’ recipe for chickpea, black pudding and spinach ragu
This peasant-style dish uses humble ingredients of the best qualityThe origin of this dish is a tapas bar in Barcelona’s Boqueria food market, Pinotxo (named after its twinkly-eyed owner). For me, it epitomises...
Let them eat casabe: Camilla and Charles in Cuba
The Duchess of Cornwall is ‘not sure’ about the food, but our man in Havana – or at least a frequent visitor – begs to differThe restaurant critic AA Gill once described Cuban...
Yotam Ottolenghi’s warming winter vegetable recipes
How to make the most of seasonal winter veg: cauliflower with coconut cream and chilli, braised greens in yoghurt, or branch out with a Yemeni hawaij root vegetable stewIt’s almost the home stretch...
