Cucumber, dates, pistachio recipe by Shuki Rosenboim and Louisa Allan
The sweet spot
Ravneet Gill’s recipe for pistachio and raspberry mini cakes
June 2024
The new vegan
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for chocolate, tahini, date and pretzel slice
You may well be smitten with these slices topped with chocolate and a squidgy tahini and date caramel
May 2024
Honey & Co’s recipe for sesame and pine nut air fryer granola
Today’s air fryer adventure features a batch of quick-baked muesli – that’s breakfast sorted for the week
NHS trial uses daily doses of food allergens to tackle severe reactions
‘Life-transforming’ trial giving children and young people with milk or peanut allergy small doses to train their bodies to tolerate it
Taste test
Australian supermarket chocolate hazelnut spread taste test: the worst resembles ‘wet cement’
In his search for a ‘unicorn’ product, Nicholas Jordan tries 11 spreads, from nostalgic favourite Nutella to one with a ‘playdough flavour’
April 2024
A kitchen in Rome
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for baci di dama, or Italian hazelnut chocolate sandwich biscuits
Will your toasted hazelnuts hang around long enough to make these delightful Piemontese biscuits sandwiched together with chocolate?
March 2024
Brief letters
There’s something fishy in this claim that a tiddler is as loud as a gunshot
Brief letters: Underwater noises | Almond milk shake-up | The pride of Bolton | Country diary’s tweets | Shorter letters
December 2023
Finish Christmas dinner with a four-step flourish the Jacob Kenedy way
Load the table with a barrage of indulgent treats in four stages: a cocktail, confectionery, nuts and and cheese, a choice of liqueurs, and a finale of affogato
Be the Christmas guest with the best-tasting presents – a nutty treat, delicious candied fruit and a retro drink
Calm Christmas countdown
Plan your menu, delegate to guests and make these gluten-free crispbreads: how to host Christmas with two weeks to go
Notes on chocolate
Notes on chocolate: now’s the time to go completely nuts
Calm Christmas countdown
Count your cutlery, clean the dishwasher and freeze these soufflés: how to host Christmas with three weeks to go
November 2023
New business school
A woman without a stomach founded a snack brand. How can she create an appetite in the market?
Experts advise: Stacy Martin’s Seahorse Snacks has found its niche at high-end stores, but the founder is looking to expand
October 2023
Pistachio and lemon cake – and more: Nigel Slater’s fruit and nut bakes
If the shorter days and cooler nights are urging you to turn on the oven, try these recipes including courgette, feta and tarragon tart, and olive and pine-nut buns
Country diary
Country diary 1948: A combined operation to pick walnuts
13 October 1948: A few of the nuts can be reached from the ground, but those some way up the tree require one person to pull down the branch and another to grasp it and gather them
Observer Food Monthly's 20 best recipes
Nigel Slater’s browned butter, blackberry and hazelnut friand recipe
Halfway between a pudding and a cake, this spongy dessert has a toasty-flavoured edge
