Herb dilemmas, solved by the bunch
Washington - It's the query herb experts get asked the most: “I have so much [insert name of home-grown herb here]. What can I do with it?” So before you surrender, we thought we'd offer advice and...
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Fireworks don’t have to be the only party element that makes guests ooh and ah during July 4th festivities. “Adding patriotic flair to your Independence Day celebration is easy with the right recipes...
View ArticleRecipe Finder: Back-of-the-box lasagna
Liz Williams from Newton, N.C., wanted help finding a recipe for making baked lasagna that she had lost. She said the recipe came from a box of pasta she was using probably around 20 years ago, and it...
View ArticleCulinary SOS: Warmly, from Nova Scotia
Dear SOS: I recently returned from a cruise to northeastern Canada and the U.S. While visiting Halifax, Nova Scotia, our tour took us to a charming Irish pub called Durty Nelly's for lunch. Several in...
View ArticleDessert recipes: Sweet Potato Cupcakes, Carrot Cake
Celebrity chef Ritu Dalmia is out with her third book titled, 'Diva Green: A Vegetarian Cookbook' and it has some delectable recipes that all vegetarians out there can treasure for a lifetime. Along...
View ArticleRecipe: Broccoli mushroom pasta, choco muffins
Sometimes cooking should be done for the sheer joy of it, simply to take your mind off things. It's not imperative to always invite friends over for a meal and be the obliging host, and later tire...
View ArticleReaders' recipe swap: wrapped
Felicity Cloake tries out your favourite natural food packaging • For our next theme, we would like to taste-test your KIDS' RECIPES. Recipes will appear in our cooking with kids special on 27 July....
View ArticleThe French concoction
Cook This Week Tourteau de chevre, French goat's cheese cheescake. Photo: Steve Shanahan Served in bistros all over France, veal marengo is a retro dish that comes with its own crazy legend with...
View ArticleItalian flavours for the rains
Italian flavours are universal palate pleasers and if the growing number of Italian joints is any indication, Kerala seems to be reflecting the trend, ditching its once favourite Chinese cuisine for...
View ArticleGetting cheesy
Last week two cousins were expected at teatime. Tea, yes. Biscuits, yes, and I had some lovely chocolate digestives. Namkeen, yes. But what else? Had they just dropped in, there wouldn’t have been any...
View ArticleMoussaka mania
Moussaka is perhaps the most widely recognised Greek dish. Traditionally a meat-based delicacy, here is a light, vegetarian version of a very traditional dish. Warning: Make it on a day when you have...
View ArticleSummertime means we all scream for ice cream
No treat matches a season better than ice cream and summer. The combination of cold and sweet is perfect whether you need to cool off at high noon or you just want a tasty dessert on a relaxing summer...
View ArticleLuscious Italian
Italian cauliflower and rice gratin. Photo: Jeffrey Chan Today's lovely recipe for cauliflower and rice gratin (crostata di riso e cavolfiore) is from northern Italy and is based on one I found in a...
View ArticleRecipe Finder: Back-of-the-box lasagna
Liz Williams from Newton, N.C., wanted help finding a recipe for making baked lasagna that she had lost. She said the recipe came from a box of pasta she was using probably around 20 years ago, and it...
View ArticleThe 10 best banana recipes
Bananas, the nation's favourite raw snack, are endlessly versatile in the kitchen. Mash and fry, slice and curry or unzip and bake whole – see which of these 10 treatments you prefer • Watch a...
View ArticleReaders' recipe swap: seaside
This week, we asked to sample your seaside recipes – from sumptuous sundaes and seafood pasta to samphire frittatas • For your chance to be crowned Guardian home cook of the year, send us your BURGER...
View ArticleDan Lepard's naan bread recipes
The best naan are those you get in Indian restaurants. The worst naan: the long-life ones sold everywhere else. Though a restaurant's tandoor oven has a unique, intense heat that gives the bread a...
View ArticleVegan Cheesy Cherry Basil Scones
Vegan Cheesy Cherry Scones Ingredients 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon sea salt 1/4 cup sugar 1 stick vegan butter 1 cup Go Veggie! Vegan...
View ArticleBaking A Little Invention Into Savory Cakes
Get recipes for Chickpea Flour Cake With Chard, Savory Almond Cake With Toasted Beets, Yeasted Savory Cake With Fennel, Savory Cake With Cornmeal, Chickpea Flour Cake With Tarragon I'm a mad scientist...
View ArticleVideo: How to make spotted Dick
Mark Seymour, from England, shows how to make spotted Dick, a classic English steamed pudding with raisins. Mark Seymour came to New Zealand 10 years ago to take up a lectureship in modern European...
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