I grew up on a sheep farm in Devon, and my mother always grew rhubarb in her vegetable garden. I have fond memories of Sunday lunches...

very simple and very nice if you like tangy apple pickle with your cheese/cold ham/bacon etc etc. My grandmother, universally known as...

I love cooking for friends, and this dessert has become my tops, a real winner. WARNING: CONTAINS RAW EGG You will need: 8 mini,...

As an Italian American, we all know that the best food is Nonna’s food. And there is no better chocolate cake than this. It is crazy...

Cheesecake is always my first choice when it comes to choosing indulgent desserts. This easy cheesecake recipe has been in my family for...

These are quite simply my favourite things. Ingredients for about 16 macarons: Biscuit: 3 large egg whites, room temperature 50g caster...

I’m an opera singer and a trained chef and I love cooking healthy meals which are delicious yet straightforward. This is one of my...

Cookbooks for me are like old pals. When you need advice and inspiration, you pick one up, flip through the pages, and suddenly you’re...

Rhubarb is one of my favourite fruits and has been since I was very tiny. Those ruby and green jewelled sticks of deliciousness with their u

It was surprisingly difficult to find a recipe for sourdough focaccia that made any sense to me, so I figured out this one. Ingredients:...

I basically grew up in the back of a kitchen. My mother is a dessert chef. She owned a restaurant in Australia and, as a single parent,...

When I’m feeling homesick for Scotland, making a huge batch of Tattie (potato) Scones seems to be the answer. There’s not many more...

Kaiserschmarrn is a traditional Austrian dish and can be eaten as a dessert or a main course. It is the ultimate in comfort food, but the...

This recipe was passed to me by a great friend and fellow mezzo, Anna Stephany. She made them for me when we lived opposite each other,...

This is an incredible recipe, which we as a family make for my dad’s birthday each year. I live in Munich, which is a very long way from...

A delicious staple of our household’s lockdown week. I’m cooking for 6, which means a great deal of variety of tastes and wants, for...

As my friends know well, I will choose gin over any spirit, love citrus fruits and love cake. What could be better than all three in one...

My recipe is Irish Brown bread according to my granny, Annie Boylan. I couldn’t get coarse-ground wholemeal flour as the shops are all...

I would not normally be adventurous and create a baking recipe but in the ‘making do’, ‘needs must’, ‘all in it together’ spirit of the...

This cake has all the ingredients added in the reverse order to which you would normally expect them, hence back to front cake. It makes...