Claudia Roden: ‘If you didn’t labour over a dish, people thought you didn’t love them’
In chronicling the food she grew up with, the renowned writer has transformed how we eat
Gardening women: meet Fionnuala Fallon’s horticultural heroes
A “forest” of women across the world are connected by their love of plants and flowers
Figs are in season: here’s how to grow your own
A fig tree will happily grow in a sunny spot, or in a polytunnel or greenhouse
Yotam Ottolenghi’s fruitful ways with figs
This late summer fruit brings sweetness and complexity to sweet and savoury dishes
Keep on blooming: late summer flowers that keep the garden going
Add colour and texture to the garden with these hardy perennials
Baked 'paella' with prawns and chorizo makes a hearty meal
Yotam Ottolenghi hopes his version of the Spanish classic will join a proud tradition of adaptations
100 books by women you have to read
Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Marian Keyes and Eimear McBride all appear on the list
Food’n’health is the new rock’n’roll
‘Nutritious food and fitness are a match made in heaven, and like any great relationship, they bring out each other’s very best qualities’
Bring Tupperware, and 19 other rules about cooking on holiday
If you assume the worst with holiday food, you’ll always be pleasantly surprised. Just bring your own tea. And maybe a roasting dish. Look, you can always eat out...
Gardens: an artichoke by any other name
The Jerusalem artichoke may be a misnomer but this easy-to-cultivate tuber is highly nutritious and tasty
7 alternative kitchen designs
Is it time for a change from identikit, fitted kitchens? Maverick designer Johnny Grey’s manifesto is to make the kitchen a room that reflects the personality of the whole home
Adare Manor five-bed with a Johnny Grey kitchen for €2.1m
Not your run-of-the-mill house has 30ft vaulted ceilings and a quarter of an acre of gardens designed by Verney Naylor
The Europeans, no 23: Elizabeth David
The English cookery writer introduced the delights of simple good food to the British middle class
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