Not simply for Shrove, but lovely for lazy Saturday & Sunday brunches too. Buttermilk makes these pancakes moist and moreish.

If you can’t get to the Venice Carnival, bring a small taste of it centre stage to your table with this glam mocha amaretto dessert.

A salad to put spring in your step. Winter greens get an early spring make-over in a zesty, tangy, crunchy nutritious salad.

Dark moist chocolate chiffon cake with a frivolous cherry pink marscarpone topping. So easy and moreish you can make it any day.

Hot n’ fiery Sicilian sausage ‘arrabiata’ one-pot casserole to keep the winter blues at bay. Great quick supper dish.

Spice up your winter life with this super North African blend of warming aromas. Red lentil soup gets a lift and you do too.

Parfait, perfect! A decadent dessert of pistachio and white chocolate that’s super easy yet dressed to impress at the festive table.

Mincemeat with an Italianate nip of Limoncello for festive mince pies. Easy, vegan, non-suet recipe to satisfy the traditionalist too.

Some like it hot! Chili infused olive oil, the answer to a bumper crop. Drizzle, dip, baste & marinade: use it to fire up all sorts.

A sweet treat for autumnal feasts with friends: a campfire or stove-top plum, carob & orange crisp to warm the hearts and hands.

Rushed weekday breakfasts aren’t high on the Richter scale of enjoyment. But these quick muesli muffins are a moreish ‘breakfast to go’.

Passata, ketchup, puree, sauce or dip. Whatever it’s called, nothing beats this full-on flavour of late summer Mediterranean tomatoes.

Pesto with some chili kick! Plus 10 ways to use pesto and 5 alternative pesto recipes.

‘Saints & Sinners’ nougat ice cream with a nip of Disaronno amaretto.

Glam up your summer evenings with a retro ’70s inspired apero’. Refreshing, ice cold Watermelon Margaritas.

A rustic grape galette to celebrate the very start of the Mediterranean grape harvest. Ideal with sweet Sicilian dessert wines.

Inspired by an iced mint tea sipped in Tripoli, Libya, this mint & peach granita is the ultimate in summer cool!

Perfect pancakes served with rich aromas – Maltese carob honey and stem ginger & pineapple compote. Breakfast at its best!