Counting your chickens

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Succulent, flavoursome, versatile, inexpensive… chicken ticks so many boxes when it comes to creating satisfying family meals. Follow our expert guide to getting the basics right and you’ll be cooking chicken with confidence all summer long

Nigerian food is packed with flavour and warming spices, and often centres around soups and stews with ‘swallows’ (soft doughy starches), or grilled meat and seafood. I know very little about it, but

Food writer Gurdeep Loyal says upping the flavour factor in recipes is as simple as rethinking how you use common ingredients and blending recipes from various traditions

Your skin is the largest organ in your body. What’s more, your other organs are hidden away, protected from the outside world. But your skin is in constant contact with germs – many of them harmless b

■ Serves 6 ■ Prep 10 mins plus 2 hrs marinating ■ Cook 1 hr 6 skinless chicken drumsticks and6 skinless chicken thighs1 lime, zested and juiced2 lemongrass sticks,roughly chopped2 thumb-sized chunks o