Cloakes

The comfortingly named hotpot is a very useful recipe to have in your repertoire. Easy, and relatively cheap to…

The first time I made nettle soup, it was edible, but underwhelming, leading me to the conclusion that, though I…

Calling pastel de nata a Portuguese custard tart is a bit like calling a pasty a Cornish calzone – similar in…

Named after the pot in which it’s traditionally prepared, this North-African stew comes in many flavours, from beef…

Chocolate for Valentine’s Day is a cliche, because everyone loves it, but it can be a cruel mistress on the…

Also known as pain perdu, poor knights of Windsor and, most accurately, if least romantically, eggy bread, this…

Don’t laugh, but there was a point in my life when carrot and coriander soup seemed the height of culinary…

The perfect present for the classic condiment fan in your life: the richer, more complex flavour of these homemade…

This elegant, Mughal dish, rich with cream and nuts and perfumed spices, has, in Britain, been largely relegated to…

Bannock, from the Gaelic bannach, was once a generic term for bread in the north and west of these islands, where…