Baked orzo pasta with fragrant dried mushrooms and cubed pancetta is creamy like risotto, without any of the hard work.

Sweet potatoes baked in foil, topped with tahini butter are a fabulous fiesta of flavours.

Lamb neck fillet stuffed with spicy nduja sausage, grilled with fresh rosemary sprigs.

Wedges of grilled, lightly caramelised radicchio dressed with Parmesan and balsamic vinegar make a wonderful salad, lunch or a side.

Flash pickles made with cucumber, carrot and asparagus slices, crunchy and zesty, are ready in a couple of hours from scratch.

Paella with chicken and prawns, a foolproof recipe. No, you don’t need a special pan.

Stir-fried cucumbers Asian style, with ginger, garlic and a pinch of chilli. Spicy but also refreshing – logical as cukes are 96% water!

Maple and pecan sticky buns, baked upside down, flavoured with cinnamon and cardamom. It’s a rich and sticky, sweet and spicy bliss.

Healthy but indulgent, delightful and good for me, thick oat porridge topped with creme fraiche and honey is my all-time favourite breakfast

The best pizza dough recipe that makes the best thin crust pizza in the world, or at least this side of Naples.

Wild mushrooms are best cooked simply: sauteed with a little butter, seasoned with just salt and pepper and a sprinkling of fresh parsley.

Fresh cucumbers with feta cheese and honey are a minimalist version of Greek salad.

Pissaladière Provençal is a simple savoury tart from Nice, with onion, anchovy and olive topping on pizza dough.

Tomato and chickpea tray bake with chunks of feta roasting upon the vegetables, spiced and sweet with honey and chilli dressing.

Fresh cucumbers with cumin tahini dressing, sprinkled with extra sesame seeds are crunchy, juicy and wonderfully refreshing.

Hazelnut ricotta cake with apricot and chocolate glaze is smooth with a poppy crunch, like velvet dipped in glitter.