The 'Michelin Guide for Great Britain and Ireland' recently announced the winners of its coveted Michelin stars and Bib Gourmands (the latter are awarded to 'good quality, good value' restaurants). The books in this collection are all written by chefs who have a connection to Michelin stardom and each gives insight into Britain's vibrant restaurant culture.
During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims around the globe will fast, from after a filling pre-dawn meal until the sun goes down that evening. The breaking of the fast is a time for sharing and socializing with family and friends. For many, it begins with dates and nuts as a restorative snack, followed by hearty stews and rice dishes, and typically concludes with an indulgent sugary dessert, such as firni, a milky rice pudding.
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Easter marks the point in the Christian calendar when the penitential forty-day period of Lent is over. Named after the Norse goddess of spring and rebirth Eostre, it is a time to celebrate after the winter fast, to share sweetness and abundance. There is regional variation in Easter foods, but what they have in common is that all-important rich sweetness and reference to the new season of warmth and harvest ahead.
As Easter approaches, food writer and Registered Nutritionist Joy Skipper reflects on her passion for chocolate and shares findings from her recent travels around southern India, visiting cacao plantations and chocolate makers.
When pharmacist Ashley Madden was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in her early twenties, she began to make drastic changes to her lifestyle and career, and looked deeply at the relationship between her food and her health.
Studies in holistic nutrition led her to develop a tasty repertoire of vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, and oil-free recipes and to create a blog, Rise, Shine, Cook.
We caught up with Ashley to discover her top healthy dishes from her best-selling debut, The Plant-Based Cookbook, and to find out how she cuts through the noise around health and food.
Brought up in Alsace, and famed for his elegant infusion of classical French cuisine with Asian inspiration, Jean-Georges Vongerichten is undoubtedly one of the most influential chefs in the world. His eponymous restaurant Jean Georges in New York City boasts three Michelin stars, and he is the chef-owner of dozens of restaurants across more than fourteen cities globally. We are excited to bring you his celebrated book Jean-Georges: Cooking at Home with a Four-Star Chef.
Once whilst in Malawi, Africa, I visited a local food market and my new friends chose a chicken to buy. We drove 15 miles back home with it in the back of the car, privately promising myself that I wouldn’t give it a name. As soon as we entered the shack, we slit its neck, drained the blood, plucked it, cooked it and enjoyed a delicious and hearty meal celebrating us simply being together. We ate the entire chicken, including the feet, and left only the beak….
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