Ideas for make-ahead vegetarian and vegan finger food
José Pizarro’s recipe for duck legs with cherries and amontillado
Quick and easy
Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for spaghetti with spring greens, butter beans and harissa
Fava, roast veg and grilled courgette: the Barbary’s recipes for simple summer dips
Felicity Cloake's masterclass
How to make keema peas – recipe
From Korean chicken to Egyptian street food: international recipes inspired by the World Cup
Meera Sodha recipes
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for freekeh salad with fennel, apple, tofu and dill
The good mixer
Cocktail of the week: Alta’s rebujito – recipe
The sweet spot
Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for no-churn tiramisu ice-cream
A kitchen in Rome
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for baked fish and potatoes with oregano and lemon mayonnaise
Waste not
How to turn spent coffee grounds into barbecue sauce – recipe
Crispy toffee brownies and carrot cake blondies: Kate Jenkins’ fun family bakes
Spiced pumpkin and tamarind eggplant: cosy Bengali recipes from Kishwar Chowdhury
Kitchen aide
Wanted: surefire recipes for barbecue marinades and sauces
Thomasina Miers recipes
Thomasina Miers’ Thai-style recipes for grilled pork skewers with mango, cucumber and mint salad
Quick and easy
Georgina Hayden’s quick and easy recipe for chicken souvlaki salad
Cucumber soup and tomato tart: Trine Hahnemann’s Scandinavian recipes for summer
May 2026
How to cook the perfect ...
How to make the perfect papas arrugadas – recipe
These compulsively snacky salt-crusted spuds are a Canary Islands favourite – and an unusual but excellent way to cook our own early-summer crop
Meera Sodha recipes
Meera Sodha’s recipe for saffron milk cake
If you’re more of a ‘wet’ food fan than a ‘dry’ one, this sweet and spiced, milk-soaked sponge will tick all your boxes
Bright and breezy: Yotam Ottolenghi on simple summer entertaining
Summertime, and the cooking is easy – or at least it should be. This is the season to spend less time in the kitchen and more round the table. Here’s how
