Food and Drink

Patna was the home of Vātsyāyana – the author of the Kama Sutra. Little is known of this monk, other than that he intended the book as more of ...

By Kenneth Symsack and Jeffrey Miller Move over bacon and ranch dressing. There’s a new hot flavour in town. A pickle craze is sweeping the US, with dill pickle ...

Recipes for a better mood Saffron, cacao and black pepper can all work to lift the spirits Slow Cooked Pork and Fiery Minty Salsa 1kg boned out pork shoulder or ...

What began on a damp morning in a Neo Chorio kitchen has developed into three varieties of small-run gin that is the taste of the island. ALIX NORMAN settles down ...

We can thank Budapest for the biro and the Rubik’s cube. Budapest is built on a vast labyrinth of caves, which stretch for miles and miles beneath the city. ...

By Prudence Wade It’s absolutely no coincidence that Sabrina Ghayour’s latest cookbook is all about ease. She wrote Persiana Everyday during some major life changes: she had just ...

Use store cupboard ingredients for international tastes Shakshuka 400g tomato sauce with aubergine (Lidl Combino) 1/2 tsp ground cumin 4 large free-range eggs 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper, For the finish ...

By Nidal al-Mughrabi Lengthy power cuts in the Gaza Strip have melted stocks of ice cream, forcing shops to stop selling it just when a heatwave has boosted demand. With ...

Welcome to the Gates of Hell – the name Portuguese sailors once gave Namibia’s western coast. The locals are even more poetic, referring to it as The Land God Made ...

By Katie Wright Ella Mills celebrated a major milestone this year, marking 10 years since she posted the first recipe (spiced sweet potatoes with an avocado cream) on the blog she ...

Couscous with curried mushrooms and chickpeas 3 tablespoons of olive oil or use vegetable stock water for sautéing 1 large white onion, diced 3 large garlic cloves, finely chopped 2 inch chunk of ...

A couple hand rearing plants and turning the produce into jams and sauces is about to take things up a notch. ALIX NORMAN gets a taste for something spicy At 2.2 ...

By Prudence Wade, PA Make this dish for dinner one night, and enjoy the leftovers for the rest of the week. “This is such a simple recipe that I confess ...

Alaska is by far the coldest state in the US (right now, they’re lighting their fires and welcoming the first snowfall of the year!). But among the Lower 48, it’...

The driest non-polar desert in the world, the Atacama is vast and alien: endless red hills and dusty plains. Stretching 1,600 km along the Pacific coast of Chile, temperatures can rocket ...

Spice up your kitchen Chickpea‑Filled Filo Triangles This is one of the dishes that’s on my vegan menu for The Real Greek. It has proved to be a ...

By Prudence Wade For Olia Hercules, cooking is normally her therapy, her safe space – but she lost this when Russia invaded her native country, Ukraine. “For the first two months ...

This is the home of the hillbilly – a term that’s been around since the later 1800s. Today, the term carries derogatory overtones; but it’s still how citizens of ...

Simple cooking, vegan style Avocado and seed pudding 2 ripe avocados 2-3 cups of almond milk 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseeds 2 tablespoons of chia seeds 3 tablespoons of hemp seeds 1 teaspoon of green ...

By Lauren Taylor Think Sophie Ellis-Bextor and you probably start humming early-Noughties hit Murder On The Dancefloor, or remember the unadulterated joy she brought during lockdown with her live ‘kitchen ...

Washed by the waters of the Indian Ocean, ringed by white sand beaches, and dotted with tropical forest, Mahé is a little nirvana. As part of the Seychelles, Mahé belongs ...

Couscous Salad Serves 6–8 400g couscous 100g dried cranberries 2 red onions, finely chopped 10 spring onions, trimmed and finely sliced 8 preserved lemons, finely sliced 1 Bird’s eye chilli, finely chopped Juice of 3 ...

By Prudence Wade While most of us tend to get recipe inspiration from Instagram or cookbooks, Ixta Belfrage has another, more unusual outlet: her dreams. “I dream a lot about ...

There are British, US and Spanish Virgin Islands. And yes, they’re all named for a virgin – actually, for 11,000 virgins! This little archipelago in the Lesser Antilles was named by ...