So what do Michelin kids like to eat?

Chicken nuggets or coq au vin? Spaghetti hoops or penne pomodoro? We asked some of Britain's most talented chefs to simplify their recipes for young palates. Then we invited their off spring to sample the results - back at the restaurants. The food was great but it all got a bit messy ...

Fresh from Cornwall

Food writer Lindsey Bareham shares her family recipes from her home, the Fish Store in Mousehole.

Just like nonna used to bake

Italians pride themselves on traditional family recipes they know by heart, but there is one cookbook in their kitchens - Silver Spoon, Italy's 55-year-old bestseller, now coming here.

Nigel Slater’s Christmas recipes, part one

I get more excited about Christmas in the kitchen with each passing year. I love the warm fruit and spice notes that float through the house; the rich, sweet flavours and the sheer abundance of it all. With classic recipes and once-a-year favourites, there is never a better time for the cook of the house to have a good time in the kitchen ...

Spice route

Food writer and photographer Alastair Hendy spent years travelling through Asia and the Far East finding recipes in extraordinary places - like chicken from a Burmese railway station

Nigel Slater’s top 20 greatest summer hits

Nigel Slater One of the (many) joys of writing a cookery column is that the recipes can be 'of the moment', a fleeting idea, a temporary distraction from the home cooking we do week-in, week-out.