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Sweet-and-sour pork, sticky wings and poached for pudding: Ravinder Bhogal’s plum recipes

Chinese-style sweet-and-sour pork with plums, chicken wings with plum ketchup and a chai creme caramel with tea-poached plums

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2025

The vegetarian heart of the Danube: Irina Georgescu on Eastern Europe’s secret plant-based dishes

Often seen as a meat-lover’s haven, the Eastern European regions along the Danube tell a different culinary story at home – one of abundant vegetables, storied traditions and a river that unites more than it divides. Irina Georgescu reveals the recipes that have long nourished these lands

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025

Double Christmas dessert: Ravneet Gill’s mango creme brulee and brown sugar meringues – recipes

Traditional Christmas puds, step aside and make way for these two Christmas crackers: a crackly-topped creme brulee and crunchy coffee-cream meringues with cherries

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2023

Easy dinner recipes the whole family will love

These recipes from Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Richard Jones’ cookbook will appease even picky little eaters, says Lauren Taylor

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2022

Georgina Hayden’s recipes for momos and persephone salad

Two ways to get children involved with their food: simple, Nepalese-style dumplings and a vibrant spring salad

The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2022

Butter-fried new potatoes and a crunchy dip: Ravinder Bhogal’s recipes for jersey royals

Two fusion dishes for the season’s first jersey royals – salty-sour spuds in a Sichuan peppercorn sauce, and a textural treat of butter-fried, yoghurty new potatoes with sour chutney and a Bombay mix-style crunch

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2022

Spiced butter beans and Punjabi kidney beans: Ravinder Bhogal’s dried bean recipes

Creamy butter beans with harissa and garlicky, lemony parsley breadcrumbs, and Punjabi-style kidney beans with crisp onions and saffron rice

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2022

Fritters, curry and almond sweets: Romy Gill’s chickpea flour recipes for a vegetarian thali feast

Chickpea flour three ways: a rich curry studded with crisp pakoras, mini rotis slicked with ghee, and sweet almond balls for snacking or dessert

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2022

Banana splits and drop scones: Claire Thomson’s banana recipes for kids

It’s bananas for breakfast, bananas for lunch and bananas for tea with this crunchy granola, moreish drop scones and baked banana split with chocolate ice-cream

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2022