Best difficult recipes: Trotters, truffles and faggots
Gordon Ramsay's favourite recipe for oxtail soup will have you slaving over a hot stove...
Five ways with a packet of spaghetti
With all the pasta shapes around, it is easy to forget the simple virtues of spaghetti but no kitchen should be without it, says Nigel Slater
How to have an Italian Christmas, by the River Cafe
Italian Christmas cooking is all about making things as easy as possible on the day, says Rose Gray
Lunch at Sissinghurst: Two birds, three veg, one stock
Sarah Raven serves up festive dishes from warm salad of duck breast to traditional roast turkey and glazed ham
Nigel Slater’s mince
Carefully seasoned and left to brown properly, mince can make exceptionally good eating. You just need a little patience, some thoughtful additions and the very best quality meat
How to cook beef: Great steak
Let's make no bones about it, this meat is expensive but quality is worth it. And regardless of what steak snobs say, cook it just the way you like it
How to cook beef: Beef pie
Great pies mean great fillings and the great fillings come from rich, slow-cooked beef
How to cook beef: Liver & bacon
Update an old favourite – the sherry sauce and spring onions give this classic dish a lovely, sharp edge
How to cook beef: Perfect roast
The best roast beef in the world is a British fore rib matured on the bone for 28 days and taken from a Dexter rare-breed heifer ...
How to cook French: Poule au pot
Boil a chicken with vegetables and aromatic herbs to create a classic, easy French dish, says Stephanie Reynaud
How to cook beef: Meatballs
Update an old favourite - the sherry sauce and spring onions give this classic dish a lovely, sharp edge
The domestic goddess who couldn’t cook
When Katharine Whitehorn was asked to write Cooking in a Bedsitter there were two problems: she wasn't interested in cooking and she didn't live in a bedsit. Forty years on it's still a kitchen classic. She talks to Rachel Cooke about gas rings, women's rights and how to bake a kipper in a jug
101 picnic recipes
Ready in 20 minutes or less
Cook today – eat tomorrow
Nigel Slater: In high summer, I like to cook a little something for tomorrow, choosing the coolest part of the day in which to do it. The idea of waking up in the morning knowing that your lunch or supper is half made is a pretty ace way to start the day...
Summer pasta
Anna Del Conte cook and author of 12 books on Italian cooking, collaborates with Eric Treuille on 15 easy, quick and delicious recipes