Sweet, sweet sweetcorn

Corn is great with lime, smoky flavours and earthy cumin. If you can, keep some kernels together in strips for visual interest. ■ Serves 4-6 ■ Prep 15 mins ■ Cook 45 mins 3 corn cobs1 yellow and 2 red

• Sweetcorn is botanically a fruit because it comes from the flower of the plant, like tomatoes. • The average ear of corn has 800 kernels in 16 rows, and it will have one silk strand for every kernel

Don’t listen to the chatter. It’s all nonsense. Yes, term has started, the evenings are shorter, and I saw advent calendars in the supermarkets too. But it’s not the end of the summer. Not yet. And ce

MEXICAN COOKING DOESN’T HAVE TO BE COMPLICATED – WITH THESE RECIPES, THOMASINA MIERS SHOWS HOW TO HARNESS THE POWER OF SIMPLE INGREDIENTS TO CREATE A FEAST WITH LATIN FLAVOUR

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Ingredients (Serves 4-6) 350 g potatoes, peeled,diced225 g swede, peeled, diced2 eggs50 g butter50 g plain flour600 ml milk, plus extra formashing450 g smoked haddock,skinned and cubed110 g frozen pea