Cooking

I love sausages!

14 June 2025 9:00 am

‘Sausages,’ my son says to me, leaning forward from the back of the car, with the authority and confidence only…

Should family history, however painful, be memorialised forever?

14 June 2025 9:00 am

What to hold on to and what to let go of is Samantha Ellis’s dilemma when trying to explain the complexities of their Judeo-Iraqi heritage to her young son

How do I feed my children now my wife has gone on strike?

24 May 2025 9:00 am

Caroline has gone on strike. At least, as far as cooking is concerned. Her case for downing spatulas is that…

Confection of sex, bad history and nonsense: Apple TV+’s Carême reviewed

10 May 2025 9:00 am

Antonin Carême was known as the ‘chef of kings and the king of chefs’. His patrons and employers included Talleyrand,…

Cooking up a storm of memories – Bee Wilson’s kitchenalia

10 May 2025 9:00 am

A baking tin, a toast rack and a soup tureen conjure poignant reminders of the past - while Wilson’s wedding ring is transformed into the world’s smallest pastry cutter

Mince, glorious mince

16 November 2024 9:00 am

Sometimes, when it comes to culinary history, Britain is its own worst enemy. For a long time, British food has…

My Easter recipe: Greek-style marinated lamb

16 April 2022 9:00 am

Greek-style marinated lamb, Greek salad and tzatziki

The cult of the extortionate ‘English’ kitchen

9 April 2022 9:00 am

When did they get so expensive?

Why restaurant food at home beats eating out

19 February 2022 9:00 am

‘The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be…

Why I retrained as a butcher

9 October 2021 9:00 am

Why I retrained as a butcher

An intensely quiet and soulful performance from Nicolas Cage: Pig reviewed

21 August 2021 9:00 am

What use does a fallen and corrupted world have for a man of integrity? This was not the question I…

Spring lamb and the bread of affliction: our Zoom seder

3 April 2021 9:00 am

This week my son came home from school and asked me if it was true that the Jews killed Jesus.…

Cornwall, but not as the locals know it: Stein’s at Home reviewed

6 March 2021 9:00 am

The Stein’s at Home steak menu box (£65) says ‘Love from Cornwall’: it is not for people who live in…

Dull food for dull times: the Morrisons family food box reviewed

6 February 2021 9:00 am

The Compass Group boast of serving 5.5 billion meals a year, so you might think they would be good at…

The joy of my new British passport

30 January 2021 9:00 am

‘Anything you want?’ says Catriona on her way out of the house to go to the shop. I’m standing at…

Piccadilly Circus, delivered: the Wolseley’s home dining reviewed

23 January 2021 9:00 am

The Corbin & King dining and home entertaining box includes dishes from the Delaunay, the Wolseley and Brasserie Zédel ‘delivered…

Meal kits are a recipe for mayhem

16 January 2021 9:00 am

Caroline was pretty heroic during the first lockdown. She’s used to having no children to deal with between the hours…

Sub-ready-meals of salt and tears: Simply Cook reviewed

9 January 2021 9:00 am

Welcome to the sunlit uplands which, for me, contain small plastic tubs of stock, which is just the opening to…

The surprising brilliance of meal kits

28 November 2020 9:00 am

Ford’s Kumar Galhotra once remarked that carmaking is 100,000 rational decisions in search of one emotional decision. You spend five…

Me, myself and Thai: my cooking lesson from Cher Thai Eatery

21 November 2020 9:00 am

Lockdown is hurting everyone except the chickens. I have bought them a conservatory because Philippa, a Light Sussex, looks like…

Dear Mary: How do I cope with cooking for food snobs?

14 November 2020 9:00 am

Q. I have a delightful young goddaughter who, thanks to the virus, I have not seen since last year. Her…

Winning a knife fight with a fish: Newlyn Fresh Fish reviewed

7 November 2020 9:00 am

It’s a good day to stab something and tear out its heart. Elaine Lorys is the only female master fishmonger…

My steak cooking lesson turned into a sitcom

29 August 2020 9:00 am

Pandemic has brought many truths, the most minor of which is: I can’t cook steak. I thought I could. I…

Dear Mary: How can I help the host at a socially-distant dinner party?

18 July 2020 9:00 am

Q. As we attend socially distant events, we expect of our hosts a scrupulous accommodation of our preferences around physical…

Can a chef teach me to cook over Zoom?

4 July 2020 9:00 am

We cannot bear more drive-through or take-out or near-fatal snack. I am convinced of the boredom of my female ancestors,…