2 w. ago Jamie Oliver's 'creamy and impressive' cheesecake only needs five ingredients

This delicious vanilla cheesecake recipe from Jamie Oliver will be a hit with all of your dinner guests - and it only takes 10 minutes to prepare, before it is baked in the oven

Events

2 w. ago ‘It’s less intimidating, less vulnerable’: why cooking in company helps us to talk

The pressure’s off when we’re not staring at each other, we can relax and have a nice chatOn the day after Boxing Day last year, my dad and I went to buy some cabbage. My aunt and cousins were joining us for dinner that evening and we had a meal to prepare. The local supermarket was closed and the cabbage, sourced from an Italian deli around the corner, was obscenely overpriced. In a bind, we bought some anyway and headed back home to begin cooking. Standing around the kitchen island chopping and peeling vegetables, preparing a rib of beef and assembling a side dish of dauphinoise potatoes, we listened to music and chatted. The meal was a success and the cabbage – lightly browned and decorated with caraway seeds – tasty. But most important was that, for the time we had spent cooking, I felt closer to my dad.This kind of intimacy almost always occurs for me while I’m cooking with someone. When I was 14, I was paired with a classmate in food technology where we were tasked with making...

Politics

2 w. ago Aldi, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Lidl drop veg prices to 15p but there's a catch

Prepare for the best (and cheapest) Easter roast dinner you've ever had thanks to UK supermarket chains slashing their fresh produce prices this weekend

Politics

3 w. ago British boy, three, is found drowned in swimming pool of Greek holiday villa as family prepare to go out for dinner

The toddler had just arrived for a holiday with his parents and extended family at the luxury villa on the island of Zante which is popular with British tourists.

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3 w. ago British 'father and son', 46 and 17, drown while swimming at Australian tourist beach

Three people were reportedly swept out to sea on Sunday afternoon at Round Hill Head at 1770 in Queensland , sparking a major emergency service response with a helicopter deployed.

Society

3 w. ago British man and boy, 46 and 17, drown while swimming at Australian tourist beach

Three people were reportedly swept out to sea on Sunday afternoon at Round Hill Head at 1770 in Queensland , sparking a major emergency service response with a helicopter deployed.

Society