Dinner
Margherita Pizza
The Neapolitan original: a blistered, cloud-edged crust under nothing more than San Marzano tomatoes, milky fior di…
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Recipes worth cooking twice.
Well-known dishes from 92 cuisines, written down with the reason behind every step.
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Four classics to start with
Well-loved dishes with methods worth reading closely, chosen as a starting point.
Dinner
Spaghetti Carbonara
Real Roman carbonara has no cream in it — just eggs, Pecorino, guanciale and black pepper emulsified into a glossy…
Dinner
Lasagna Bolognese
A proper lasagne alla Bolognese is a study in patience: a ragù simmered for two and a half to three hours, a…
Desserts
Classic Tiramisu
The Venetian classic, built on a properly cooked zabaglione so it sets firm without gelatine and carries no raw-egg…
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Quick Meals
Cacio e Pepe
Two ingredients, one technique, endless opportunity to get it wrong. This cacio e pepe recipe uses a Pecorino slurry…
Dinner
Chicken Parmigiana
Shatteringly crisp breaded cutlets under a thin blanket of sauce and mozzarella, grilled just long enough to melt…
Dinner
French Onion Soup
Forty-five minutes of patient caramelisation turns four pounds of onions into something meltingly sweet and mahogany…
Desserts
French Macarons
The Parisian macaron, with smooth domed shells, ruffled feet and a chewy centre. This uses the more forgiving French…
Dinner
Tonkotsu Ramen
The milky, collagen-heavy pork broth that made Hakata famous, boiled hard for eight hours until the fat and gelatine…
Dinner
Chicken Katsu Curry
Japan's favourite comfort food: a panko-crusted chicken cutlet sliced over rice and flooded with a thick, gently…
Drinks
Iced Matcha Latte
A properly whisked iced matcha latte, with no clumps and no bitterness — the difference is entirely in sifting the…
Appetizers
Authentic Guacamole
The Mexican original is made in a molcajete and contains no garlic, no cumin and no soured cream — just avocado…
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Full-flavour cooking that fits a weeknight. Nothing skipped, nothing apologised for.
Breakfast
Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes
Tall, tender pancakes with a tangy edge and a golden, even surface. The lumps in the batter are not a mistake — they…
Dinner
Classic Smash Cheeseburger
A smash burger with lace-edged, deeply browned patties, American cheese melted to the edges and a soft toasted bun…
Dinner
German Pork Schnitzel
Pork loin beaten thin, breadcrumbed and fried in a shallow pool of butter and oil so the coating puffs away from the…
Quick Meals
Egg Fried Rice
The test of any wok cook: separate grains, wisps of egg through every mouthful, and that faint smoky note from the…
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92 cuisines, one table
Each cuisine has its own logic, and each recipe explains the technique that makes it work, not just the ingredient list. These are the twelve with the most recipes.
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Baking
Canneles
Small fluted cakes with a dark caramelised shell and a custard centre, made from a rum and vanilla batter rested…
Dinner
Lapin a la Moutarde
Rabbit pieces browned and braised for 60 minutes in white wine, Dijon mustard and cream, until the meat is tender…
Dinner
Bourride
A Provençal white fish stew thickened off the heat with garlic aioli and egg yolks, served over toasted bread…
Dinner
Tian Provencal
Overlapping slices of courgette, aubergine, tomato and onion baked in a dish with olive oil and thyme for 45 minutes.
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A scroll through the collection. Every photograph is used under a licence that allows it here, and every photographer is credited on the recipe. The 80 dishes no one has photographed under such a licence carry a generated illustration, labelled as one.
