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You can’t hurry these flavour-packed soups and stews for a hearty winter supper. This is calm cooking for a restorative start to the new year

We eat around 2pm, starting with foie gras and sweet Monbazillac wine – a throwback to when we lived in Paris. Then, we move to the Sri Lankan part: biryani, chocolate biscuit pudding, before Sri Lank

Ease into the New Year with slow mornings and restful days, preparing these deliciously nostalgic Irish dishes that are the epitome of comfort eatin

To truly understand Irish food you need to cook with what’s around you in the hedgerows, gardens, fields and ocean. Irish cooking is rooted in simplicity, shaped by the land and sea, and passed down t

MAKES 12 PREP 20 mins COOK 30 mins EASY 15g butter 15g plain flour 180ml milk 1 tbsp Dijon mustard 60g gruyère, grated 320g sheet ready-rolled puff pastry 80g wafer-thin smoked ham, torn 1 egg, beaten

pasta canned fish peanut butter rice jarred beans Dried pasta is a stalwart of the storecupboard, and at this time of year, you’re likely to have some cabbage and sausages in the fridge as well. Here’