Recipe for noodles with poppy seeds – iofcă cu mac – by Irina Georgescu

An easy, sweet treat from Romania for all ages

Recipe for pasta and potatoes – pasta e patate – by Jacob Kenedy

This dish is made with humble ingredients but gives maximum satisfaction

Recipe for pistachio pesto by Elia Sebregondi

A citrussy take on the classic Italian sauce made with pistachios, not pine nuts

Recipe for pasta with butter to save and salve – pasta al burro e salvia – by Letitia Clark

Comforting and buttery, this a friend for the fragile diner

The 20 best easy pasta recipes – from pistachio pesto to great baked gnocchi

Elia Sebregondi’s citrussy pistachio pesto, Nigella’s no-cook garlicky thyme mushrooms, Rukmini Iyer’s crispy baked gnocchi and two recipes each from Nigel Slater and Anna Del Conte. Buon appetito!

Lir and Native Seafood & Scran, Northern Ireland: ‘Born out of a fascination with the sea’ – restaurant review

For truly sensational fresh seafood head for a refurbished yacht club at Coleraine, writes Jay Rayner

Save our pudding! Why restaurant desserts are disappearing

They were once a high spot of eating out. Now you’re lucky if the pudding menu stretches to a couple of choices. Is the UK losing its sweet tooth?

Jess Phillips: ‘People now rely on someone they love to die so they can afford somewhere to live’

Over lunch, the MP and shadow minister explains why Labour needs to get angrier about health, homes and justice – and tells of her long family connection to one Birmingham chippy

‘This is just devilish … I’m going in again’: the best hot sauces tasted and rated

Who best to test 15 hot sauces – from mild and fruity to fierce and fiery – in a single sitting? Food TV’s Big Zuu, that’s who

Marcus Wareing’s secret ingredient: stock cubes

One cube is great for seasoning– and if you want to make a stock, use a few

Counter culture: stories from 75 years of Britain’s Caribbean food shops

As the Windrush anniversary draws near, five shopkeepers reflect on their work, lives and community pride

Everest Curry King, London: ‘It’s a simple place, but oh so good’

This curry house in Lewisham is much loved by locals, but the cooking is so gorgeous that outsiders make the journey too. By Jay Rayner

An exhibition about milk’s complicated history has me rethinking my morning cuppa

The Wellcome Collection’s show has art and history, biology and ecology, public health, politics – and the dangers of ice-cream

Keith Brymer Jones: ‘It doesn’t surprise me that a lot of chefs also do pottery – clay is very tactile’

The potter and TV presenter on making hundreds of mugs a day, his dislike of square plates, and crying on The Great Pottery Throw Down

35 of the best restaurants in Europe

From Ireland to Italy, our local writers reveal their favourite places to eat across the continent