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The five-star Claridge’s hotel in Mayfair has lost its chef after it rejected his vision for an all-vegan menu at his restaurant. Daniel Humm, 45, will leave Davies and Brook at the end of the year after talks with management about transforming the kitchen in his London restaurant at Claridge’s hotel to serve only plant-based […]

Game is a gloriously versatile meat: healthy, seasonal and about as free-range as anything could possibly be. It’s in season mainly in the autumn and winter, and there are so many places to get hold of game nowadays: trusty online suppliers send it out nationally and, of course, local butchers, farmers’ markets, farm shops and […]

Jelly is always a gorgeous way of highlighting fruit in all its glory. When it comes to November, it’s time to shine a light on quince. We grew them in the garden when I was a child, but none of us knew what to do with them; my brother and I used them as balls […]

My grandad started this little hotel in Scotland before I was born; my mum’s one of seven girls and five of them and their partners helped run it. It was hearty food and a lot of my nana’s recipes. I remember “desserts” was the first station I worked on when I was little: so it […]

Before I grind hazelnuts for a cake or a batch of butterscotch-coloured cookies I toast them. Ten minutes in a black iron pan over a moderate flame teases out their flavour and turns their pale skin a deep, burnished brown. The flavour is richer and deeper than a raw, naked nut. All of the jars […]

Vincotto is a non-fermented grape must which is reduced to a syrup. I came across it in Puglia. I go virtually every year to a converted commune in a little village near Lecce. Apart from the fact that it’s a lovely place to stay, I am particularly fond of the cookery in Puglia, and vincotto […]

Picking up my Saturday Guardian, I was instantly drawn with great excitement to the article on Europe’s most stunning cathedrals (The towers and the glory: Simon Jenkins’ favourite cathedrals in Europe, 13 November). Where would the fifth biggest cathedral in the world feature? Alas, Simon Jenkins sadly omitted the always stunning Liverpool Cathedral.Neil WatkinsLiverpool Simon […]