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Changing not just what you buy, but when and how, is the key to making good use of food
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A Mexican ragu-style sauce full of gentle spicing and comforting warmth -
A three-course meal using one set of ingredients to the fullest: start with chicken soup, then roast the stock vegetables, and finish by flash-roasting the poached chicken -
A starter of gram flour fritters with salsa verde, a seasonal pumpkin stew with a side of garlic chilli greens, and plum and pistachio cake for dessert -
A thrifty and filling spice-packed treat with a side of potato-peel crisps
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This is the finest time of year to cook, from baked apples to beetroots and from porcini to fig puddings
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Matt Lovell and Rob Hampton started out working weddings and music festivals – they even fed Grace Jones. Now their restaurant has been voted your favourite place to eat -
Childhood trauma has taken its toll on Danny Wallace but, helped by mentor Gary Usher, he’s found a home in the kitchen
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OFM honours Scottish chef Andrew Fairlie, who died earlier this year. His friends Sat Bains and Tom Kerridge pay tribute to him -
The Midlands store that’s brings a realistic and convenient approach to everyday zero-waste shopping -
Veg boxes are a hit. Why couldn’t someone do the same for grass-fed, free-range meat? Cue James Mansfield and James Flower -
A Korean kimchi stew which reader Su Scott finds deeply comforting – the OFM judges agreed
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This self-consciously chic bistro is a place to be seen in, if you can find it in Manchester’s vast new fun-plex -
On a dreary night in Glasgow head for Mikaku, the city’s kitsch but buzzing Japanese inn -
Drink
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Big names don’t always mean best value: some fashionable wines are over-rated, while similar wines at half the price fall under the radar -
After a tough year, Majestic returns with an offering that is anything but boring, says David Williams -
Think floral, herby G&T, or a Tom Collins made with grapefruit instead of lemon juice, with a floral waft of elderflower and lemon thyme -
Don’t panic! Shortages are unlikely in the short term, and anyway, there’s a cellarful of homegrown booze to lean back on, should Brexit ever happen
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The icing is off the stalwart series after a bleak finale. But is it the challenges or the judges that have stripped it of warmth?
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Prue’s barbs, Paul’s aggression, preposterous challenges ... this year, everything went wrong with the baking show we used to love. Can it be salvaged? -
Steph, David and Alice battled it out for the win. But who rose to the occasion? -
3 out of 5 stars.
It was a tearful and disaster-laden final – the natural endpoint for the series that curdled our ultimate comfort TV
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Faced with dwindling revenues from dairy farming, the monks at the Trappist monastery of Mount St Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire decided to swap milk for beer -
Fizzing with culinary highlights, this selection from the Andalucían city’s old town takes in special spots for seafood and tapas joints away from the crowds -
Dining out while away can lead to meltdowns. From setting a budget to finding a place to eat, here’s how to make the most of your mealtimes away from home
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