Dinner

There is something deeply satisfying about cooking a whole chicken. The way it fills the kitchen with smell, the way it arrives at the table …

Chicken cacciatore — hunter’s chicken — is the Italian dish I make when I want something that tastes like it has been cooking all day …

This is the quiche I make when I have a collection of vegetables that need using and I want something that is genuinely substantial, genuinely …

I say this with complete conviction — this sweet and sour chicken is better than the takeaway version. I know that is a strong claim …

I have been making cottage pie my whole adult life. It is one of those dishes that I know inside out — the mince, the …

Chicken liver pâté is one of those things that sounds impressive and complicated and is actually one of the quickest and simplest things you can …

Chicken and ham pie is one of the most quintessentially British pies there is. Not trendy, not reinvented, not given any kind of modern twist …

I have a standard fish pie recipe on this site that I make regularly and love completely. But when someone is coming who deserves something …

I make this quiche when I want something that looks genuinely special but does not require a great deal of effort. Smoked salmon in a …

There is a version of this pie that I make when I need the kind of dinner that sorts out a bad week. It is …