Food & Drink

A taste of Abruzzo and Lazio in a bowl The 20 best easy pasta recipes – in full In Abruzzo and Lazio, where this recipe originates, the sauce is made with guanciale, cured pig’s jowl. This delicious pork product is ...

Carrots as the star of a sauce sounds leftfield but really works The 20 best easy pasta recipes – in full I learned about this unusual pasta dish when an American colleague challenged me on the idea that carrots are ...

Lovely warm and just as good for a picnic or packed lunch The 20 best easy pasta recipes – in full Make this salad when cherry tomatoes are in season and at their sweetest, then serve it warm for a ...

Californian food inspired these interesting flavours The 20 best easy pasta recipes – in full This dish has been a near permanent fixture on my menus for the past five years. I had the idea after a trip to California ...

Simple, tasty and spicy are the keywords here The 20 best easy pasta recipes – in full This is one of my favourite dishes. It’s one of the first things you can teach your children to cook – if they ...

Probably the nicest thing you can do with a head of broccoli The 20 best easy pasta recipes – in full This is one of those dishes that thrills me every time. In fact, I think it’s probably the nicest ...

The fresh taste of summer in a bowl The 20 best easy pasta recipes – in full Lovage leaves are one of my favourite herbs of the summer. Think freshly cut grass with an intense herbal flavour that is often ...

This cheesy peas dish is perfect comfort food The 20 best easy pasta recipes – in full A good alternative to gnocchi would be dried pasta, especially linguine – you’d need about 400g. Serves 4 peas 300g, fresh or frozen ...

Go for sustainable prawns in this lunchtime treat The 20 best easy pasta recipes – in full A plate of hot, plump prawns with melted butter and dill is a good, if rather expensive, summer lunch. I bring it down ...

Deluxe homemade seedy crispbread and a tangy fennel salad for ever-ready summer meals ‘Serve immediately’ is a suggestion I would rather not read on a summer’s day. “Eat at your leisure” would be far more welcome. The most useful recipes ...