Tips

• 1 Pippa Middleton gets ready to 'Celebrate' at Thursday's launch party
  Thursday marks the launch of Pippa Middleton's first book, Celebrate: A Year of Festivities for Families and Friends, her "feel-good" guide to simple and creative home entertaining....

• 2 Celebrate like a royal this autumn with Pippa's new party planning book
  Following in the steps of the Middleton family party planning business, Party Pieces, Pippa Middleton shows that she is a natural pro for planning the type of British themed-occasions featured...

• 3 Warm and delicious: Stir your way to the perfect porridge
  It is an ancient mother food traditionally associated with Scotland, horses and thrifty winter breakfasts but porridge has made a big comeback in recent years and is a super way to start your day....

• 4 Fresh herbs: Recipes and tips that pack a punch
  Fresh living herbs, bought in pots, are a versatile ingredient whose potential extends far beyond garnishing.   They are a fantastic and simple way of packing flavour, colour and aroma into dishes...

• 5 Spice up your life! Swap salt for sodium-free seasoning
  We all know that salt is bad for us but are often at a loss as to how to enhance flavour without doing damage to our blood pressure. Break the habit by getting creative with seasoning. Swap salt for...

• 6 Don't fatten up your salad; keep those salad leaves light
  Despite your best intentions, a salad can quickly become a diet disaster. Calorific dressings and high-fat ingredients counteract the health benefits of a crunchy bowl of greens. Keep your salads figure...

• 7 Get your BBQ sizzling this summer
  There's nothing like cooking over hot coals – the flavours, the smoke, the sun, the anticipation as you can smell the barby at work and hear the sizzle of the sausages. One of the best bits of summer...

• 8 Handy hints to get children eating vegetables
  Everyone knows getting children to eat veggies is a superhuman task; one London mum Charlotte Hume was more than familiar with, as her son Freddie wouldn't go near a vegetable let alone eat one. In The...