Best difficult recipes: Trotters, truffles and faggots

Gordon Ramsay's favourite recipe for oxtail soup will have you slaving over a hot stove...

50 best simple recipes: Mighty bites

Devilled kidneys? Fishcakes from the Ivy? You don't have to be an expert to make a supper sing - you just need a little secret know-how

50 best easy to medium recipes: Go on, you know you want to …

If you know your Charlottes from your shallots, you'll have no problem with Raymond Blanc's fail-safe chocolate mousse or Jamie Oliver's favourite pasta dish

A pan for all seasons

Delicious seasonal dishes from Oliver Peyton's new cookery book inspired by his dining rooms at the National Gallery

Spice up your winter suppers: Veg of Darkness

Simon Rimmer’s hot vegetarian dishes are perfect for long dark nights

Nigel Slater bakes

Nigel Slater: It doesn't come much better than cherry buns or a curranty tea cake

Christmas past and present

Sixteenth-century sausages and powdered goose. Well, what else did you expect?

How to have an Italian Christmas, by the River Cafe

Italian Christmas cooking is all about making things as easy as possible on the day, says Rose Gray

My Christmas treats

Nigel Slater: It just isn't Christmas without a bit of home baking in the house. I do have the traditional Christmas food, but I also like to have something else around for dissenters.

How to eat out at home

It is 21 years since Sir Terence Conran opened Bibendum. Now, two of the restaurant's most influential chefs have recreated its classic dishes so you can make them, too