A revolutionary new stimulation treatment for Tourette's, proven to reduce tics, has moved closer to being available to people as a wearable wrist device with the launch of a new…
Early risers: from flatbread to grissini, instant yeast is easy and dependable
Sourdough starter show and tell was a thing well before collective lockdowns. There’s a modern impulse to Instagram bubbling or overflowing jars of starter from which perfectly shaped, scored and…
No ice-cream machine? No problem …
For ice-cream fanatic Felicity Cloake, there is a distinct advantage to making your own ice-cream: you can choose exciting flavours and “eat it all yourself”. While she doesn’t see the…
Nigel Slater’s recipe for roast peppers, tomatoes and lentils
The recipeSet the oven at 200C/gas mark 6. Wipe 4 large peppers, halve them lengthways, remove their seeds, then place them in a baking dish or roasting tin. Tuck around…
Thomasina Miers’ recipe for roast chicken with black olive garlic butter
We recently drove to Cornwall, stopping off at a friend’s house overnight to break up the journey. With piles of people to feed, she roasted a couple of chickens and…
A long royal marriage is a piece of cake when it’s kept in the deep freeze
In one million years, when curious archaeologists start digging into the Earth to laugh at the adorable ways people used to live, I wonder what they’ll find. Mounds of discarded…
Why are restaurants’ cheapest bottles of wine becoming so expensive?
In matters of wine, I am not Withnail. I do not crave “the finest wines available to humanity”. I merely want something drinkable from the cheap end of the list…