summer

• 21 Jose Pizarro’s Moscatel vinaigrette with orange blossom honey
  Ingedients 2 tbs extra virgin olive oil 1 tbs Moscatel vinegar 1 tbs orange blossom honey Salt and pepper Method Whisk the ingredients together and toss with a green salad

• 22 Whip up some Wimbledon classics
  Sports fans are in for a treat over the next couple of weeks – and foodie fans too as bars and restaurants get creative to celebrate the World Cup and Wimbledon. The strawberry is synonymous with...

• 23 MJ’s warm salad of spinach, chicken and blue cheese
  Ingredients (Serves 4) 4 generous handfuls of baby spinach 4 handfuls of rocket leaves Handful of green beans, blanched 250g blue cheese – Dolcelatte or Roquefort work well 2...

• 24 Spicy guacamole
  Ingredients 2 avocados Juice of 1 lime 1 red chilli Pinch chilli flakes Small bunch coriander 1 tomato, diced and seeded if you feel the urge Tabasco, to taste Salt and...

• 25 Ingredient of the week: cherries
  There are few fruits so full of colour, vibrancy and taste as the cherry. An explosive little gem, they pop purposefully when cooked, staining their surroundings. Choose firm fruit, exceptionally dark...

• 26 Pickled cherries by Skye Gyngell
  Ingredients 1kg/2lb cherries 250g/8oz caster sugar 250ml/8fl oz good quality red-wine vinegar 4 cloves of garlic 6 peppercorns Method Rinse, dry and pick over the cherries...

• 27 Milkshake madness
  Ingredients (makes 1) 3 large scoops of good quality vanilla ice cream 3 Oreo Cookies 125ml full fat milk Method Bash up the Oreo Cookies with a rolling pin and place in the beaker of...

• 28 Deep purple wonders
  The damson is a variety of plum known as the ‘plum of Damascus’ and was originally cultivated in this area. The Romans brought these delicious, tart fruits to England – indeed they are...

• 29 Time for tomatoes
  These round red orbs are technically a fruit – always confusing for the kids – and are at their summery prime in August. They originate from Peru where ancient Aztec writings have shown...

• 30 Runner bean stew with chorizo
  Ingredients (Serves 2-4 as a side) 150g cherry tomatoes 1 medium onion 1 large clove of garlic 1 cooking chorizo (about 4 inches long) 250g runner beans ...

• 31 The summery sunshine fruit
  Cherries are at their juicy prime in July. There are few greater treats than a rustling brown paper bag stuffed with them, with the ever-present dilemma of where to spit the stones. They weren’t...

• 32 Spring and summer flavours with Valentine Warner
  Valentine Warner is hunter, forager and fisherman but above all a very good cook. Having covered the colder months in his first book, he now warms things up in What To Eat Now: More Please! - covering...

• 33 Gin-based summer cocktails for an alfresco soiree
  There are few times of year when sitting outside sipping on a long cool drink over ice seem so right. Whether it’s post-work on a Friday night, with friends on a warm Saturday evening or pre-Sunday...

• 34 Indulge in some sun-kissed strawberries
  These sweet relatives of the rose begin to peak in June. The varieties on the shelves of supermarkets up until then have little merit, lacking in the one ingredient so vital to their flavour – British...

• 35 A new tomato that’s always ripe for the picking
  While most of us wouldn't even entertain the idea of adding a green tomato to our salads, all that could be about to change with the arrival of the Kumato to UK shores. The unique tomato has been ten...