North African food and drink
Yotam Ottolenghi recipes
A taste of Tunisia: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes inspired by the northern tip of AfricaHouria – a riotously flavoured mashed carrot salad with eggs and coriander salsa – and spicy Tunisian savoury pastries
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How to make the perfect ful medames – recipeThe Middle East’s favourite bean stew is a simple yet celebrated affair, and known, variably, as ‘the rich man’s breakfast’, ‘the shopkeeper’s lunch’ and ‘the pauper’s supper’ – but what’s the definitive version?
Yotam Ottolenghi recipes
Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for 30-minute mealsKitchen aide
Wanted: savoury ways with summer fruit
Ravinder Bhogal’s recipes for cooking with fresh sardines
Sardines are cheap, sustainable and cook in no time, so throw them on the barbecue or griddle pan, turn them into pakoras or slap them on top of Italian tomato bread in these easy summer recipes
The new vegan
Stosie Madi’s vegan recipe for namoura, or Moorish semolina cakeThis coarsely crumbly, fragrant, sticky cake will hit the spot for tea or pud
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Other than tagines, what else are preserved lemons good for?These versatile fruity preserves keep for months, so you’ve got plenty of time to make up your mind whether to add them to curries, sauces, dressings or dips, says our panel of cooks
Microwaves get a bad rap but for me they’re the hub of the kitchen
Felicity Cloake's masterclass
How to make chicken tagine – recipe
Budget meals
Miguel Barclay’s £1 recipes: couscous paella, charred veg and feta A couscous ‘paella’ made mostly from store-cupboard staples, and a warm salad of caramelised vegetables with feta
Budget meals
Miguel Barclay’s recipes for £1 chickpea and spinach mealsLooking for thrifty but flavourful cooking? Squeeze out maximum flavour from the humble chickpea by baking them with cumin, and in a crisp-edged, curried spinach mash
Yotam Ottolenghi recipes
‘Flavour, colour and crunch’: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for vegan soupRamp up the flavour and texture of Veganuary with these soups of green pea and coconut, herby pumpkin and walnut, and chickpea and carrot with olives
Joe Woodhouse’s recipes for leftover Christmas vegetables
Put zing into leftover veg with sprouts dressed in a herby, lemony yoghurt, and couscous jewelled with pomegranate, citrus and nuts
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Can I still buy inexpensive cuts of meat?The cost of meat has rocketed in recent months, but there are still some cuts that provide genuine value for money. Some of our favourite chefs offer a few tips …
Observer Food Monthly's 20 best recipes
Claudia Roden’s recipe for birds’ tongues – lissan al assfourObserver Food Monthly's 20 best recipes
Claudia Roden’s recipe for pan-cooked fish with chermoulaObserver Food Monthly's 20 best recipes
Claudia Roden’s recipe for chicken and onion ‘pies’ with Moroccan flavoursObserver Food Monthly's 20 best recipes
Claudia Roden’s recipe for vegetable couscous
Observer Food Monthly's 20 best recipes
Claudia Roden: 20 of her best recipes from a 50-year careerObserver Food Monthly's 20 best recipes
Claudia Roden’s recipe for red pepper and tomato salad
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