As well as my usual cookbook reading this month – browsing recipes, making notes, writing lists of ingredients I need and adapting...

It’s definitely dropped colder as we’ve slipped into October – especially up here in the Yorkshire Dales – we live near Pen Hill in...

Ribollita is a traditional Tuscan soup, a classic vegetable soup made with hearty beans and chunks of bread. Traditionally the soup was...

There are many recipes for Dahl, in fact I have a great little book called ‘The Delicious Book of Dhal’ by Nitisha Patel that has over 40...

The base of the leek and butterbean puree can be made ahead and reheated, it also freezes really well, so it’s an excellent make ahead...