Ask Ottolenghi: what’s the secret to vegetarian-friendly sauces?
There are endless takes on tomato sauce, as well as pesto- or yoghurt-based accompaniments, and you’ll find a very versatile friend in tahini …
Ten Australian chefs on their favourite condiments: ‘My wife carries a bottle in her bag’
From a blended Japanese sauce that’s ‘good on everything’ to a transportive mustard, chefs and cooks share their secret sauces
Yotam Ottolenghi recipes
Chakalaka and grilled chicken: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for a braai
A superb fenugreek- and ginger-marinated barbecue chicken with a versatile South African relish that you’ll want to have in your barbecue repertoire
June 2024
Kitchen aide
Are there any salad dressings that don’t rely on oil?
Our panel says lots of dressings are light on oil: honey or yoghurt give texture, nuts the creaminess, or go for a south-east Asian nam pla and lime dressing
A kitchen in Rome
Rachel Roddy’s simple salad of lettuce, radish, egg and homemade salad cream – recipe
A pleasingly retro salad with a tangy salad cream that you’ll possibly want to make on repeat … on repeat
Ask Ottolenghi
Ask Ottolenghi: what can I use instead of preserved lemons, harissa and pomegranate molasses?
Waste not
How to turn the dregs of a tahini jar into a delectable dressing – recipe
Kitchen aide
Five-minute sauces to whip up while your noodles cook
May 2024
Meat-free barbecue: Ben Allen’s recipes for flame-grilled vegetables
A meat-free barbecue feast: charred leeks with pecorino sauce and pickled oyster mushrooms, grilled hispi cabbage with a classic French sauce, and barbecued chestnut mushrooms with habanero, lemon and rocket pesto
Ask Ottolenghi
Ask Ottolenghi: easy sauces to perk up midweek meals
Make up a big batch of tahini sauce with herbs, quick preserved lemons, experiment with all sorts of pestos, or try zhoug and shatta, two punchy Levantine chilli condiments
Waste not
How to turn cooked bacon fat into a delicious sweet treat – recipe
Waste not
How to turn tough asparagus ends and herb stalks into a vibrant salad dressing
Ask Ottolenghi
Ask Ottolenghi: what’s the best way to use and store spices?
April 2024
Quick and easy
Honey & Co’s quick and easy air fryer lamb koftas with tahini sauce – recipe
It’s high time you accepted the air fryer into your life – Honey & Co have, and can attest to these lamb koftas with peppers, cabbage and tahini sauce
Ask Ottolenghi
Ask Ottolenghi: what’s the best way to get a garlicky flavour into tomato pasta sauce?
The answer, surprisingly, is not just to use more garlic (but you can go to town with the basil)
A kitchen in Rome
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for new potatoes, eggs, asparagus and green sauce
The new vegan
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for walnut pasta with oregano
Kitchen aide
What makes Korean gochujang any different from other chilli pastes?
March 2024
Yotam Ottolenghi recipes
From pork with peanut gravy to ricotta and lamb: Yotam Ottolenghi’s meatball recipes
