Taking the biscuit

Although it’s not unusual for a restaurant’s menu to be inspired by the ingredients that are grown and produced locally, few are influenced by the architecture of the buildings they occupy. The Granar

Flat whites, flavourful rubs, buzzy cocktails… our appetite for coffee is evolving into a full-blown national obsession. Could it be about to replace tea as the UK’s favourite beverage? Let’s find out

CREATE DELICIOUS MEALS AT HOME

We may have all manner of modern gadgetry and user-friendly kit in our kitchens, but often it’s the most humble objects that mean more to us than anything else.

There is a story that in the 17th century, Oliver Cromwell banned Eccles cakes on the grounds that they were too indulgent: all of that melting pastry and expensive dried fruit, sugar and spice deemed

Best served warm and spread liberally with butter, these come together in a jiffy. MAKES 10 PREP 10 MINS COOK 10 MINS ✱ 250g self-raising flour ✱ 1tsp baking powder ✱ 1½tsp mustard powder ✱ ¼tsp cayen