Student cooking doesn’t have to be a recipe for disaster
A larder full of spices. A bread-bin stuffed with comestibles. A fruit bowl brimming with produce. At home I have at my disposal the...
The joys of online cooking
Learning how to cook has been a great source of pride for me. But becoming a chef whose lentil ragu brings tears to people’s...
Tales from the Household: Lockdown
Monday, 6:32 p.m. The email arrives saying someone in the house has tested positive and you’re going into isolation for 14 days. We lead...
Lockdown Eats: Shakshouka, five ways
Shakshouka is the
ultimate comfort food. It is indulgent, filling and satisfying all in one!
It is uncertain where
the dish originated; some food historians argue it...
Katya’s grocery haul left-overs
Before being unexpectedly evicted from St. John's College, I did a big Tesco shop and got a whole load of incredible items in the...
Consuming Food
In his 2008 essay ‘On Food’, Mark Grief lamented that eating had become a hobby, “one pastime among others”. Food and the act of...
Two dinner date ideas for people you can’t make up your mind about…
Make your mind up about your chirpse: The Supermarket compatibility challenge
This is one you can whip out just before taking the big plunge
into the...
Recipe: Scallops with Celeriac Purée, Chorizo Oil, Fennel and Grapefruit
This recipe serves 1 and takes approximately 90 minutes to prepare
Different flavours in the Caribbean
The variety and intensity of Caribbean cuisine is far flung from minimalist European food
Recipe Corner: Nawamin’s curry
MasterChef finalist shares his recipe for crab meat curry with Thai jasmine rice
The Taste of Success
Julia Alsop speaks to MasterChef finalist and Oxford PhD student, Nawamin Pinpathomrat
Oxford PhD student beaten in MasterChef final
Nawamin Pinpathomrat was beaten to the title by 35-year-old bank manager Kenny Tutt