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Smarter Food ramps up production of its GRextra plant strain that helps lower elevated blood glucose levels Imagine eating a bowl of soup once a week that could help bring down your blood sugar levels and so reduce your risk ...

A superb spring starter or light lunch Grilled onions are ever so underrated – in summer, I love them piled on to the barbecue, but their nutty sweetness is a great addition to just about any meal at any time ...

Fresh spring herbs and all of 40 cloves of sweet new-season’s garlic go into this traditional French chicken stew When I started cooking at an early age, I had to make do with some pretty antiquated cookbooks from my mother’s ...

A step up from steamed greens: load your steamer basket with sticky rice, pork and prawn balls; steamed aubergine with cashew rayu; and, for pudding, a banana sponge with anise butter syrup In the kitchen, as in life, there are ...

The magic liquid from a can of chickpeas makes a delightful vegan treat Anything You Can Cook, I Can Cook Vegan boasts the title of Richard Makin’s new book. And it turns out that’s true: Makin, AKA School Night Vegan, ...

A rhubarb-spiked pisco sour to whet the evening appetite There’s nothing quite like a gimlet for a pre-dinner snifter – they’re elegant, sophisticated and pretty all at the same time. You’ll need to make the rhubarb pisco ahead of time, ...

A raspberry slice with irresistible pistachio frangipane If you’re someone who prefers a high pastry-to-fruit ratio in your pies, then these are for you. I’ve made them with numerous variations of fruit and frangipane, but this combination of pistachio and ...

How do you know you’ll like a wine if you don’t try it? Here’s a guide to wine styles to help you pick something new that you might enjoy When I find myself frustrated by the wall-to-wall sauvignon blanc and ...

Fancy, memorable and beautiful, with very Marie Antoinette’s boudoir vibes The Midland Grand might be one of the most useful recent restaurant openings in the entire UK. Of course, no restaurant wants to be called useful; they’d much prefer flowery ...

The solution is not more fields but better, more compact, cruelty-free and pollution-free factories No issue is more important, and none so shrouded in myth and wishful thinking. The way we feed ourselves is the key determinant of whether we ...