Seasonal

• 1 Sloe-ly does it: Distill your own sloe gin at home
  With the festive season fast approaching, we've been thinking about stocking up our drinks cabinets with winter warmers. And it seems that sloe gin is just the tipple. Sloe berries grow on blackthorn...

• 2 Make your pumpkin a party centrepiece with Halloween recipes
  Pumpkins are the go-to image for each years harvest. Big, beautiful and round they represent the very best of the autumn crop. We all know its use as a scary Jack-O'-Lantern for...

• 3 Halloween: The trick to making treats
  With the approaching release of Pippa Middleton's new book, Celebrate: A Year of Festivities for Families and Friends, we've been inspired to get into the party spirit by making our own spooky party...

• 4 Mushroom recipes: Make your cooking seasonal
  Mushrooms are in season. And they are the perfect meat-free addition to any meal, as well as adding depth to dishes without the high calories of a steak. Packed full of potassium and vitamins B and...

• 5 The best of great British tomatoes
  Tomatoes have become a staple in the store cupboard and feature in an endless range of recipes, whether you toss them chopped into a salad or layer them on crisp pastry to make a warm tart. British tomatoes...

• 6 Brilliantly British: Berries, bangers and beef
  With all the patriotic buzz surrounding this year's Olympics and Diamond Jubilee, there has been no better time to celebrate British food. The annual national celebration, British Food Fortnight, has...

• 7 Grilled venison and green sauce sandwich
  Ingredients (Serves 4) 8 anchovies in olive oil 2 large cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped Zest of ½ lemon Freshly ground black pepper 150ml/¼pt red wine ...

• 8 Pheasant with saupiquet sauce
  Ingredients (Serves 4) 50g/2oz butter Splash sunflower oil 4 pheasant breasts 4 pheasant legs 4 tbsp flour 1 tsp salt For the saupiquet sauce 1 medium banana shallot,...

• 9 British asparagus and pea risotto
  Ingredients (Serves 2) 600ml chicken or vegetable stock 25g butter 4 spring onions, chopped finely 2 cloves garlic, crushed and chopped ½ green chilli, de-seeded and chopped...

• 10 Family feasts with Sarah Raven
  Food for friends and family is a seasonal guide to entertaining throughout the year packed with recipes to satisfy friends, relations, grown-ups and little ones alike. It has everything from jams for...

• 11 Ingredient of the week: Blackcurrants
  These shiny black baubles are in full swing come July and August. So sharp they’ll make you squint your eyes and slap your knees, cooked down with a spoonful of sugar they hit the spot with their...

• 12 Ingredient of the week: Jersey Royals
  The ultimate in new potatoes, Jersey Royals are at their best when simply boiled in salted water with a few mint leaves, before being rolled in melted butter and sprinkled with good sea salt. These little...

• 13 Ingredient of the week: Parsnips
  What was once England's staple root vegetable has now been rather eclipsed by the potato. But it still has myriad uses in the kitchen and is a firm family favourite. There is something wonderful about...