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Blueberry, ginger and lime cobbler recipe by Nik Sharma

Amplify the flavour of blueberries with tangy lime and warming ginger

Spring green soup, chicken in rosé, pistachio pavlova – Sally Clarke’s Easter recipes

Set your table for Easter with anchovy and olive wafers, braised chicken thighs and a purple artichoke vegetarian main

Chetna Makan’s secret ingredient: hazelnuts

The cookery writer’s go-to nut for a filling for home-made profiteroles and a crunchy topping for barbecued vegetables

Florence Knight’s Christmas menu: chestnut fazzoletti, duck with lentils and dates, quince and almond tart

The Session Arts Club chef’s recipes ring the changes on the traditional Christmas lunch

Hot cross bun cookies, chocolate toasties and cake: Claire Ptak’s Easter baking recipes

From traditional Sicilian cassata to comforting cake and custard, these Easter bakes are full of candied citrus, spices … and chocolate

Lemon and rhubarb trifle recipe by Gill Meller

Spring is the season for rhubarb, so make the most of it with this trifle – the lemon custard pairs perfectly

Cédric Grolet at the Berkeley, London W1: ‘Spiking the blood sugar levels of Europe’ – restaurant review

A Frenchman wading into Britain’s fractious ‘jam or cream first?’ scone debate is either foolhardy or admirable

Anja Dunk’s Christmas cakes, bakes and chocolate recipes

Spiced biscuits, marzipan cake and Flammkuchen – a celebration of festive German baking

Andi Oliver’s Christmas recipes: spice-rubbed roast chicken; slow-roast carrot and pumpkin

This festive menu from the Great British Menu presenter fuses classics from her Antiguan heritage with delicious vegan options

Ferdinand ‘Budgie’ Montoya’s Filipino family recipes

Chicken in coconut vinegar, vegetables with fermented shrimp, and cassava cheesecake – the Sarap chef’s homage to his mother’s cooking

20 years of Observer Food Monthly: recipes from the stars of the future

So what of the next two decades? We introduce four up-and-coming chefs and their brilliant recipes

Five west African recipes from Lopè Ariyo

Scallops and okra, plantain cobbler and a Nigerian take on fried chicken – contemporary West African cooking from Lopè Ariyo

The bakery teaching disadvantaged women cooking – and life – skills

Luminary Bakery started as a way of finding women work, but it quickly became much more

Super bowls: Burmese recipes by the Rangoon Sisters

Amy and Emily Chung’s brilliant debut cookbook of family recipes includes mohinga, tomato and crunchy peanut salad, and mango and coconut meringues

OFM’s classic cookbook: The Greens Cookbook by Deborah Madison

Deborah Madison was a pioneer of meat-free menus. David Tanis recalls the pleasures of her San Francisco restaurant’s cookbook

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