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Hartnett says: 'My dream dining companions would be the Seinfeld crew. There's no particular question I'd like to ask: I'd just like them to do a sketch for me'

Angela Hartnett: 'It's not an essential, but I always have Nutella in the fridge'

My earliest food memory... Making fairy cakes or chocolate Rice Krispies cakes when I was about six or seven. My mum was a very good cook, as were most of my family, and I learnt a lot from them at a very early age.

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Tomato and goat's curd salad with new-season's olive oil

Trump curd: Skye Gyngell's gratifying goat’s curd recipes

Sunday, 1 May 2011

Goat's cheese is at its best this month, so don't hang around: whether in simple salads or divine desserts, its lemony sweetness can't be beat

Architect Gordon Young says: 'The marble only cost £350. I did it myself, but it's a great way to bling up a kitchen'

Kitchen confidential: The style set reveal their cookery quarters

Saturday, 30 April 2011

Is it now the room that says the most about our taste and personalities?

Baby aubergine with prawn and green mango

Bombay bites: Mark Hix delights in Indian ‘tapas’

Saturday, 30 April 2011

Indian 'tapas' is tasty and packed with possibilities. And sourcing exactly the right ingredients is half the fun...

Dawn Gemmell's recreation of a tier of Victoria and Albert’s wedding cake. Dawn is Head of Bakery at University College, Birmingham and previously helped to bake the Queen's Silver Jubilee cake in 1977.

Let them eat cake!

Thursday, 28 April 2011

In case you missed 'Let Them Eat Cake', an exhibition recreating historic Royal Wedding cakes which closed this week, we've put together a round up of the best in pictures.

Evin O'Riordain at work at The Kernel brewery in Bermondsey

Special brew: One of Britain's most wanted beers is produced by novices under a London railway arch

Thursday, 28 April 2011

Sometimes an overnight success can be just that. Evin O'Riordain's beers are drunk in some of London's most fashionable restaurants, ale enthusiasts the world over are desperate to get their hands on his latest batch and one of his stouts has recently been named Britain's best bottled beer. But how did he get to be the capital's most talked about brewer? A quick Google search. "I started making beer at home about two-and-a-half years ago," he says. "I taught myself to brew: it's simple. There's lots of information on the internet. Some of the information is good, some not so good."

Crunch time: writer Samuel Muston samples a raw 'stir-fry'

Raw food: Why cooking is so last season

Thursday, 28 April 2011

The trend for eating raw is hotter than ever. But can this crunchy cuisine tickle the tastebuds of a dedicated foodie? Samuel Muston finds out

<b>ROCKET WINE JACK:</b> Forget a wine rack, get this 'wine jack' instead. The free-standing rack, which is designed to look like the back of a stereo, is made of toughened plexi-glass and has room for six bottles of wine. £168, yoox.com

The ten best wine racks

Thursday, 28 April 2011

What, no wine cellar? Don’t fill the fridge – stack up the sauvignon blanc and stash the sauternes in style with one of these handsome storage systems...Click on the image on the right to launch the gallery

The 10 best gins

Wednesday, 27 April 2011

Whether you team it with tonic, ice and a slice or prefer to mix it up with a pink lady, you need the right bottle for the job. Here's our pick of the finest...

The ten best fruit bowls

Monday, 25 April 2011

Eating healthily is more appealing when the food is displayed beautifully. So arrange your apples and pears in one of these elegant table-top pieces. Click on the image on the right to launch the gallery

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