Florence Knight’s Christmas menu: chestnut fazzoletti, duck with lentils and dates, quince and almond tart The Session Arts Club chef’s recipes ring the changes on the traditional Christmas lunch
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
Lemon and rhubarb trifle recipe by Gill Meller Spring is the season for rhubarb, so make the most of it with this trifle – the lemon custard pairs perfectly
Cédric Grolet at the Berkeley, London W1: ‘Spiking the blood sugar levels of Europe’ – restaurant review A Frenchman wading into Britain’s fractious ‘jam or cream first?’ scone debate is either foolhardy or admirable
Anja Dunk’s Christmas cakes, bakes and chocolate recipes Spiced biscuits, marzipan cake and Flammkuchen – a celebration of festive German baking
Andi Oliver’s Christmas recipes: spice-rubbed roast chicken; slow-roast carrot and pumpkin This festive menu from the Great British Menu presenter fuses classics from her Antiguan heritage with delicious vegan options
Ferdinand ‘Budgie’ Montoya’s Filipino family recipes Chicken in coconut vinegar, vegetables with fermented shrimp, and cassava cheesecake – the Sarap chef’s homage to his mother’s cooking
20 years of Observer Food Monthly: recipes from the stars of the future So what of the next two decades? We introduce four up-and-coming chefs and their brilliant recipes
Five west African recipes from Lopè Ariyo Scallops and okra, plantain cobbler and a Nigerian take on fried chicken – contemporary West African cooking from Lopè Ariyo
The bakery teaching disadvantaged women cooking – and life – skills Luminary Bakery started as a way of finding women work, but it quickly became much more
Super bowls: Burmese recipes by the Rangoon Sisters Amy and Emily Chung’s brilliant debut cookbook of family recipes includes mohinga, tomato and crunchy peanut salad, and mango and coconut meringues
OFM’s classic cookbook: The Greens Cookbook by Deborah Madison Deborah Madison was a pioneer of meat-free menus. David Tanis recalls the pleasures of her San Francisco restaurant’s cookbook
Easy spaghetti, chicken with goat’s cheese: simple recipes with three main ingredients Five dishes from top chefs including Giorgio Locatelli, Anna Haugh and Jeremy Lee
Simon Hopkinson’s Christmas lunch recipes Roast goose stuffed with mashed potato, onions a la monegasque and marsala custards – the year’s biggest meal sorted
Recipes from St John: guinea fowl; ham, marrow and parsley sauce; fig and almond tart Exclusive recipes from new the book by the founders of the pioneering British restaurant