‘It’s as wholesome as a cake could be, but as indulgent as a cake should be’

‘This is a favourite winter meal of ours, an easy, delicious all-in-one that we return to again and again’

The fruit has big pickle potential

These nutty, chocolatey biscuits will benefit from a quick dip in the wine. They also keep well in a jar — but only if you feel you can trust yourself

Bored of dry turkey and indigestible Christmas pudding? Then try something a little different this year 

Meringue snowmen, white chocolate wreaths and chocolate, orange and almond fudge

‘A good doughnut should leave you with stains on your shirt and sticky fingers’

‘We love their crazy colours… it’s like our own private Yayoi Kusama exhibition’

‘Give this pie centre stage as a main course on a chilly night’

‘The vegetarian gauntlet had been thrown down; the vegetarian gauntlet had been picked up’

‘The taste and aroma of meat cooked on a spit will help you snatch a final piece of summer’

‘Kohlrabies look a bit like aliens — but these are aliens worth knowing’

This is our version of ‘votapiatto’ — sweet, meltingly soft squid in a crisp golden shell

A Balkan dish with lots of greens, cheese and herbs, cut through with zingy buttermilk

‘One of the great threats to game is that not enough people know how to cook it’

‘The trees carry a flavour bomb in their leaves, with the most exciting fragrance’

‘There are only two main ingredients here but the dish is an explosion of texture and taste’

‘The juicy plum pieces baked inside and the pomegranate seeds on top are a sweet-and-sour surprise’

‘I macerate the chicken in a mix of spices and let it sizzle appetisingly on the grill’

‘This is sweet and savoury, tangy, slightly nutty and never ever boring’

‘The peaches bake beautifully in the wood oven, juice melding with cheese, hot and salty like the summer evening’

‘The simplest of dinners, perfect for tomato season when it’s almost too hot to eat anything’

The dish is somewhere between borscht from eastern Europe and the Middle East’s cold soups

‘An adaptation of a curious Ligurian dish’