Ultimate custard, perfectly timed pasta, espresso-fuelled stews: 37 brilliant recipe hacks Make a splash in the kitchen –top chefs and cooks share easy ways to take your dinner to the next level
Edd Kimber’s secret ingredient: cardamom The baker and food writer on the bold spice that ‘goes with just about everything’
Christmas biscuits, cakes and crisps – tested by Ravneet Gill The chef, author and TV presenter rates snowman cupcakes, sticky toffee cookies and turkey tortilla chips in our blind taste test
Christmas cakes, bakes and desserts – tested by Ruby Bhogal The 2018 Bake Off finalist and food writer tastes and rates black forest mince pies, tiramisu panettone and winter orange cheesecake
Autumn minestrone and pumpkin baked with cream – Sally Clarke’s comforting recipes Baking, braising and simmering is what’s called for when the clocks go back. Try halibut with mushrooms, and potato and gorgonzola tart
‘This is when nature gives us the best it has’: Georgina Hayden’s autumn recipes The changing season brings inspiration for roast chicken with plums, leek and kimchi soup … and a dreamy Swedish tosca cake
The 20 best Sunday lunch and dinner recipes Debora Robertson’s whole roast sea bass for a special family lunch or Rosie Sykes’s baked mushrooms for a lighter evening snack – recipes that are anything but your average Sunday meal
Blueberry, ginger and lime cobbler recipe by Nik Sharma Amplify the flavour of blueberries with tangy lime and warming ginger
Selin Kiazim’s secret ingredient: baharat spice mix The chef’s go-to, as used by her grandmother, to add warmth to bread, sweet and savoury dishes
Cardamom pancakes, pistachio galettes, salmon toasts – Claire Ptak’s festive brunch recipes Light but substantial dishes to keep you going on Christmas morning before the main event
Chetna Makan’s secret ingredient: hazelnuts The cookery writer’s go-to nut for a filling for home-made profiteroles and a crunchy topping for barbecued vegetables
How panettone pass the parcel became one of my Christmas traditions You know how it goes – someone, somewhere, buys the Italian cake, from where it embarks on a long circumnavigation of various friends and family
OFM Awards 2022: Best Producer – Pump Street, Orford At this brilliant bakery and cult chocolate store in Suffolk, you have to be up early to join the queue
Claire Ptak’s secret ingredient: vanilla vodka London’s star baker has a thrifty way to add a luxury fragrance and flavour to cakes, cookies, ice-cream – everything!
Hot cross bun cookies, chocolate toasties and cake: Claire Ptak’s Easter baking recipes From traditional Sicilian cassata to comforting cake and custard, these Easter bakes are full of candied citrus, spices … and chocolate