The posts feature recipes that we have gathered and created during our travels, including recipes from The Dish and Weekend Eggs posts.
My recipe for oysters with caviar, dill pickles, fresh dill and Champagne makes a sublime starter that’s perfect for kicking off a celebratory meal or romantic dinner. Impressive looking, my Russian-Ukrainian inspired oysters are quick and easy to prepare if you buy freshly shucked oysters, and can be adapted to any budget: go all out … Read more
Our 28 recipes to make in February 2026 include recipes for romantic meals for Valentines Day, pancake recipes for Pancake Day or Pancake Week, Asian and Chinese recipes for Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year, Middle Eastern recipes for Ramadan, and Korean recipes for Korean New Year. We’ve also got recipes for February Food … Read more
Our most popular recipes in January 2026 were a real mix of recipes from long-time reader favouritesm such as my deeply flavoured Russian beef Stroganoff recipe and spiced Middle Eastern rice recipe, which in recent years have topped these lists month after month, to my Russian-Ukrainian family recipes like my traditional Russian beef stew recipe … Read more
The best new cookbooks offer so much more than recipes, they tell stories, provide history and context, and share culinary traditions, rituals and memories, inviting readers into the lives of their authors. Great cookbooks like great recipes provide so much more than instructions to making delicious dishes. They offer opportunities to get a taste of … Read more
The 25 most popular recipes of 2025 were a real mix of long-time reader favourites like my Russian beef Stroganoff, aromatic Cambodian nom banh chok and spiced Middle Eastern style rice, some of the most popular recipes month after month last year; recipes from our many years living in Southeast Asia, such as our Saraman … Read more