What would summer be without ripe tomatoes, wonders Grant Allen.

1. Dallying in a NY deli (+recipes)

This is a sort of one-cook dinner; all you need is a salad to go with it. Per person • 1 fish fillet • 2 small…

1. Recipe: Corn, coconut & coriander fritters with peach salsa

You could do this on a barbecue but mozzarella is fragile and likely to melt off and drop to the coals before the rest of…

This could be used lots of ways. The ingredients should retain shape and texture. I put it across eggplant slices but you…

This simple recipe celebrates big, fat, ripe tomatoes. For 6 people as a snack • 1 French stick •…

1. Recipe: Corn and clam fritters

Serves 4 • ¾ cup self raising flour • ¼ cup caster sugar • 2 eggs • ½ cup milk •…

1. Recipe: Passionfruit curd

Serves 8-10 • 1 ½ cups plain flour, sifted • ½ teaspoon baking powder, sifted • ¾…

1. Recipe: Dark chocolate and rum truffles

Although they share the same unmistakeable crimson hue, sour cherries are smaller and, as their name suggests, not as sweet…

1. Recipe: Sweet shortcrust pastry

On the eve of the launch of her new book, Suzanne Dale meets Louise Thompson in her kitchen where she’s very comfortable…

1. video Louise Thompson: How to get more done (2:14)

Grant Allen meets some cooks turning day spaces into night-time eating venues..

1. Recipe: Best buttermilk pancakes

Another witty offering. Canapes don't always have to be something served on bread. Liquid "shots" of a rich soup make a…