We used blueberries for this Blueberry, polenta and orange cake but you don’t have to; there are so many other ways to skin this particular cat. Depending on what’s in season, you could use rhubarb, for instance, with a little more sugar scattered over given that rhubarb is tart. Later in the summer, you could use slices of peaches, apricots or nectarines; pitted cherries would be good too.

Is your dad a sweet guy or a savoury type? If you’re planning to make a fuss of him on Father's Day, that’s a detail you really need to nail down. No point making him sweet pancakes for breakfast if he’d prefer a cheesy, corn-y quick bread, loaded with roasted tomatoes, avo, a few leaves and whatever else he likes...

Osso buco is a cut of veal and a traditional Lombardian meat stew; the word means ‘bone with a hole.” The osso buco we commonly see is beef and not veal, which is significantly more expensive and daintier than beef osso buco, which can be humungous…

We generally have a fair bit to say and are seldom short of a word or 300 but sometimes, the brains at LSC go into Fully Fried Mode and we just don’t know what to say. Right now it’s hot, it’s the end of the year and we’re running out of words. Enter ChatGPT…

Braising is one of the cornerstone techniques of cooking and once you understand how it works, you can go forth and apply the same, basic method to any suited ingredient, or cut of meat, with confidence. Braising is a wet method of cooking, and meat-wise…