The story behind doner kebab

Serves 8-10 Prep time 25 min, plus cooling, 2 hours smoking, overnight marinating and overnight brining Cook time 3-4 hours, plus resting Specialist kit Barbecue with lid MAKE AHEAD You need to start

Serves 6Prep time 10 minCook time 1 hour BE A BETTER COOK Caramelising your onions like this is known as making lyonnaise onions. It takes a little patience but it’s worth getting right. The technique

Islam: A New History from Muhammad to the ...

What we eat and drink is so much more than what we put in our mouths. Food is memory, identity, history and heritage. It is a cultural artefact: a piece of us, shaped by the ups, downs and roundabouts

Biryani is my favourite dish. I love rice. There’s a recipe in Monsoon – it’s a spicy beef pulao with green chilies, made with mustard oil – that I could eat at any time [p104]. Wake me up at midnight

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