This is barbecue season, folks…but how many of us really know what we’re doing? Jane Pikett serves up some hot...
What’s all this about the UK throwing away tons of food every year? Here in the appetite kitchen, we eat...
It’s soup season! Jane Pikett serves up the best of the autumn harvest in beautiful bowls of comfort and joy Roast butternut squash soup Hungarian mushroom soup Vegetable and paneer soup...
Spring is sprung dear reader, and with it comes the joy of Easter. Here are some sweet treats to delight...
If you’re going to do Christmas at home, you may as well do it properly. These 10 top tips all...
What can you not do without at Christmas? A show-stopping trifle? A great prawn cocktail? The ultimate sugar-baked ham? These are some of the gems we believe no home should be without this Christmas The Low Down on… Christmas ingredients What can you not do without at Christmas? This is...
Time was, everyone pickled their garden and hedgerow glut, a few days each autumn set aside for the supremely satisfying...
Among the greatest joys of summer are the berries the sunshine brings with it. But what to do with them? Try these… 1. Dish the dirt Keep fresh berries in the fridge, but avoid washing them first (unless you like them soft and mouldy…). Wash immediately before you use them, and...
As the vegetable garden yields its autumn treasures, the temperature drops and the nights draw in, this is the season...
Everyone’s into the Good Life these days, which means a glut of produce from your own or your friends’ gardens....
Would you believe that some foods – apart from the obvious mince and dumplings etc – have more warming qualities than others? Foods loaded with antioxidants and immune-boosters, and those which take longer to digest, keep you warmer for longer and fight off infections. Read on and take note… 1. ...
