Thomasina Miers’ recipe for crab pasta al ajillo | The new flexitarian
Whenever I am in Spain and I see al ajillo on the menu, I always jump at it; I assume any slow-cooked sauce with olive...
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for ricotta and semolina cake | A kitchen in Rome
More than the semolina, tapioca or rice pudding itself, it was the spoonful of jam I liked best. The adult in charge of the jar...
How timing your meals right can benefit your health
When did you last eat? Did you “breakfast like a king” as the saying goes, or skip it to hit a 14-hour fast? While “good”...
Tory MP Lee Anderson serves up a 30p recipe for ridicule | Letters
Tory MP Lee Anderson’s disrespectful remark that food banks are largely unnecessary is another reminder of a modern phenomenon in which the party insults or...
Organic food production may be key to saving our land | Letter
George Monbiot (On a vegan planet Britain could feed 200 million people, 13 May) quotes me as calculating that “while a diet containing a moderate...
Going green: the best plant-based alternatives
Embracing a diet of plant-based foods and fewer animal products is “healthy, sustainable, and good for both people and planet”, says the EAT-Lancet Commission on...
Jo Trivelli’s colourful spring recipes
Strawberries and asparagus are, for me, forever charged with the optimism of a full spring and a long summer that’s bound to arrive at any...
Let them eat cheese… working from home is here to stay
One of the bestselling business books of all time is called Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson and has sold 30m copies worldwide since...
Go with your gut: scientist Tim Spector on why food is not just fuel
Tim Spector’s kitchen fridge is swarming with life: kefir grains, sourdough mother, homemade kimchi and kombucha. Then there’s the vegetables: as varied and colourful as...
Tory backlash grows over delay to junk food TV ad ban
Boris Johnson is already facing a growing backlash within his party over his decision to shelve a plan to ban “buy-one-get-one-free” supermarket deals and pre-watershed...