Food & Cooking Tips, How To's

How to make perfect hot chips at home

This method yields excellent chips with a deep crisp exterior and creamy interior.

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If you think green tea is bitter, you may be heating it too high.

Are you brewing your tea wrong? Five tips for a better cup

Step up tea time with five tips to make this simple cup so much tastier.

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Chef Josh Niland's tips for cooking fish with perfect crisp skin

Fish. Fat. Weight. Heat. The Saint Peter chef shares his secrets.

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Want to add depth to your fruits and vegetables? There's a ferment for that.

A beginner's guide to fermented vegetables plus three recipes to try

Fermenting vegetables is not only perfectly safe but also surprisingly easy and rewarding. Here's how to get started.

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Adapt these ice-cream base recipes with your own mix-ins and flavourings.

Ice-cream 101: How to create custom flavours at home

Chocolate and vanilla base recipes and everything you need to know about add-ins and flavourings.

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Christmas ham hacks

Four ways with leftover Christmas ham.

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Transform a failed pavlova into a Christmas mess dessert.

Alice Zaslavsky's genius Christmas hacks

Never despair over failed pav, dull drinks or overcooked prawns again.

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To replicate the cover, add sticky roasted rhubarb and toffee shards to the berry garnish.

How to make the ultimate pavlova

The great Antipodean pav is a marvel of culinary engineering, from its light and fluffy interior to its crisp, crunchy shell. Here's how to achieve a spectacular result without you – or it – going into meltdown.

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Gingerbread, made with dried bread, honey and spices, has its roots in medieval cookery.

All your Christmas baking questions, answered

Festive baking tips and tricks from Good Food's own Brain Food Institute.

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One-pot pasta in progress, with sausage chunks and broccolini.

How to make cheap and tasty one-pot pasta wonders

Tips for throwing together an all-in-one dish complete with built-in sauce. Soupy or silky - you choose.

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Summer's coming - spin it into a noodle salad.

Six takes on pad Thai (plus Jill Dupleix's perfect recipe)

Turn the Thai takeaway favourite into a summery noodle salad, fried rice or even brunch with these recipe riffs.

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Perfect picnic fare: cold buttermilk fried chicken.

How to make perfect buttermilk fried chicken

The secret to a perfectly crisp piece of fried chicken? Double-dipping.

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Did you know? Flour doesn't contain gluten. It's created when two proteins found in flour are mixed with water.

Everything you need to know about wheat flour

Flour is an important source of nutrients. But how much do you know about it?

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Jill Dupleix's ultimate buttermilk fried chicken.

How to make the perfect buttermilk fried chicken

The secret to a perfectly crisp piece of fried chicken? Double-dipping.

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Queen of tarts: Charlotte Ree with shortbread jam tarts from her new book.

Baking masterclass: Go bake to basics with Charlotte Ree

These classic techniques and bake-from-scratch tips will help build your confidence.

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Place a garlic clove on a chopping board, lie the flat blade of a knife on top and give the knife a firm blow with the ...

How to solve 11 common kitchen problems

There is no one better placed to answer these everyday questions than our own Mr Brain Food.

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Crack the eggs on the bottom for easy-to-peel eggs.

The secret to peeling the perfect boiled egg

How to stop your eggs looking pockmarked and homely.

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Fresh labna rolled in zataar with radish and chilli.

What is labna and how do you make it?

Labna is yoghurt that's been strained to within an inch of its life. The thick and creamy Middle Eastern staple is very adaptable as these recipe ideas show.