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10 Tips From Pros: What You Can Learn From James Cochran

The Great British Menu finalist shares some easy ways to up your cooking game

TIME TO CHILL

Serve a wow-factor dessert at the end of a summer family feast with this ice cream cake. It features layers of mango and raspberry sorbets, sponge, cream and chocolate

Speedy midweek puds

Treat yourself to a delightfully easy family dessert any day of the week. Best of all, most are ready in around 20 minutes

Lean & green

Courgettes let you know summer is in full swing

Toss & serve pasta salads

Delicious warm or cold, these speedy salads make great summer suppers or take-to-work lunches

Make & stretch

These crowd-pleasing recipes from author and food stylist Megan Davies can be adapted based on what you’ve got, and the leftovers can be stretched into another easy meal

James Martin's Sunny Sunday lunch

Regardless of the weather, many of us still look forward to a Sunday lunch, and this is packed with wonderful, seasonal British produce

ALL SET for summer

From refreshing sorbets and ice creams, to sweet seasonal berries, it’s hard to beat a fruity homemade dessert served in the sunshine

TV CHEFS

Famous chefs get busy in the kitchen with one of our best-loved ingredients

Time For Brunch

Kick-start the weekend with an indulgent breakfast spread

A Week Of Healthy Meals

Light yet satisfying, these fast, fresh recipes are set to become your new summer favorites

Spice Odyssey

This month, Olive’s Indian cooking expert gives a classic biryani a vegan twist

Take a Dip

Perk up summer menus with one of these simple dips

Get it right - Barbecue

Expert tips and tricks for serving perfectly cooked, smoky, juicy meat every time

Scrap eat challenge

Meet the British food producers transforming ‘waste’ into gold

Thirst Quenchers

Embrace the rising temperatures with these easy, summery sippers

MODERN VEGAN

Take your tea break up a notch with these rich, crumbly shortbread biscuits

Cook like a local - UKRAINE

Discover sour cheese, pickled watermelons and fried sprats in this ferment-loving corner of Eastern Europe

Movers, bakers & shakers - The Outer Hebrides

Travel editor Rhiannon Batten meets a Swedish ex-pat baking cinnamon rolls to order, a hotelier who hand-dives for scallops and a chocolatier making ganaches with local gin on a road trip through this Atlantic island chain

BAKING BRILLIANCE

Edd Kimber shares his expert tips for creating showstopping cakes and bakes. This month, a crispy on the outside, light on the inside doughnut glazed two ways

3 Ways With Rice

Turn everyday ingredients into something special with these inventive recipes

UNDERSTANDING IGP PAYS D'OC

Home of the cheap and cheerful? On the one hand, yes – but the can-do mentality of the producers and flexible regulations throughout this huge swathe of France’s Mediterranean lands are enabling a groundswell of fascinating, great-quality wine styles to rise up. Andy Howard MW reports

ROUSSILLON

In this proudly independent region, the individuality of its winemakers and the wide array of styles they produce are the perfect window into the character of France’s southwest. Rosemary George MW gives the lie of the land, and picks 12 fascinating wines to try

ROBERT M PARKER JR

The most influential wine critic of all time? He can’t be described as anything less than a towering presence over the last four decades. Prolific, informed, at times divisive, always unflinchingly honest, Parker’s writings have made fortunes and redefined wine styles in some of the most famous regions – and become the go-to reference for wine collectors, investors and trade alike. Having set down his wine critic’s pen for good, the time is right for Robert Parker to enter the Decanter Hall of Fame. Andrew Jefford explains why

OKANAGAN: CANADA'S GLOBAL WINE REGION

International wine experts are bringing their skills and knowledge to this part of British Columbia, Canada’s westernmost province, joining with local talent young and old. In this fast-developing region, the progress being made is clear to see, says Daniel Honan

HAMILTON RUSSELL VINEYARDS

With this pioneering South African estate’s 40th vintage now safely in tank or cask, Andy Howard MW looks at how it has become one of the New World’s most influential producers of Burgundian-style wines

Has The Champagne Price Bubble Burst?

We’ve been living in an era of bargain bubbly. Yet, despite ever-increasing costs, producers have for years kept a lid on the prices you pay. Change is on the horizon, says Tyson Stelzer, though your favourite celebratory tipple will remain a relative bargain in the immediate term

two ways victoria sponge

Every month, two members of the Good Food team share a new take on an old favourite, and tell us what makes it so special. Here, Esther Clark and Liberty Mendez reinvent a classic bake recipes LIBERTY MENDEZ and ESTHER CLARK

Emma Freud meets Meera Syal

Our columnist chats to actress, writer and comedian Meera Syal about her Indian food heritage, and tries her signature vegetarian biryani

Out of the crisis came creativity

In difficult times we can look at the positives – more of us have a new-found joy for cooking