Lemon Risotto
This is comfort food on so many levels. For one, risotto has to be one of the most comforting things to eat ever. What's more, although everyone goes on about the finicketiness and crucial fine-tuning…
View recipeVegetarian Valentine's
If you are looking for a meat-free main this Valentine's Day, then we have a great selection of recipes for you. How about a tempting dessert to finish off your special meal?
Eggs in Purgatory
You don't actually need to have a hangover to enjoy this for breakfast (or anytime), but there is something about this easy and quick dish of eggs cooked in a fiery tomato sauce that just hits the spo…
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Cheese Fondue
I don't suppose this is ever going to win plaudits from the World Health Organisation, but a cheese fondue is surely the stuff of dreams. On the plus side, health-wise, I love it best with radishes, c…
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Happiness Soup
Forgive the tweeness of the title, but this is a soup of such sunny, mood-enhancing yellowness that it overcomes even the most pervasively innate cynicism. To eat this is to feel cheered; even cooking…
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Tomato Curry With Coconut Rice
Balance is everything in cooking: here, the acid brightness of the tomatoes is met with the sweetness of peas and the rich creaminess of the coconut rice, itself pricked with the sharpness of lime and…
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Mexican Scrambled Eggs
This is not only the best way to start the day, but the best way to end it, too. You can make it even more of a meal by serving some refried beans alongside, but I love it just as it is. It also happe…
View recipePerfect! Feeling slightly fragile this morning and this has perked me up no end!
Linguine With Mushrooms, Lemon, Garlic and Thyme
This is one of my proudest creations and, I suppose, a good example of a recipe that isn't originally from Italy, but sits uncontroversially in her culinary canon. I don't think it would be too presum…
View recipeSo easy and so delicious! I can't wait to cook it again.
Yellow Spaghetti
Although this recipe does not itself issue from Italy, the inspiration is entirely Italian. One of my favourite things to eat is a risotto Milanese, sometimes called "risotto giallo" — or yellow risot…
View recipeWe've also got a selection of edible homemade treats - the perfect way to say "I love you".