• It might have a reputation as your grandmother’s favourite pudding, but tapioca is more timeless than aged. This yummy dessert has been popular for years, and its flavours…

    Stoemp is a staple in Belgium and the Netherlands, typically made up of mashed or pureed potatoes. Our version is slightly unusual but no less delicious. Carrot stoemp is a…

    The Michelada is one of Mexico’s most popular cocktails. Although the ingredients and preparation vary from town to town, we’ve gone with the most traditional version. A mixture of…

    Print Recipe Umali Ingredients 400g ready-made puff pastry (or use leftover croissants from breakfast) 100g raisins 75g pistachio nuts, roughly chopped 100g pecan nuts, roughly chopped 1 litre milk ½ cup cream 235g white sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla essence 1½ tablespoons cinnamon powder 2 tablespoons butter for greasing Instructions 1 Unroll the puff pastry and
    Print Recipe Quail wrapped in vine leaves Ingredients 4 rosemary sprigs 4 quails olive oil, for frying 10ml (2 tsp) balsamic vinegar 10ml (2 tsp) brown sugar 4 vine leaves Instructions 1 Preheat the oven to 170°C. 2 Stuff a rosemary sprig into each quail and tie its legs together. 3 Heat the olive oil

    RICHARD HOLMES discovers it’s not only the fruit of the vines that makes Napa a popular foodie destination It’s hard to think of a more impressive way to leave the city streets behind and head off into wine country than by driving over the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. And on a sparkling autumn morning, San Francisco’s Bay Area was showing her best face, as ferries plied the waters rushing through the famous rocky promontory that gives the bridge its name. Tourists and locals cycled and wandered across the 80-year-old span as our Trafalgar coach cruised across the gap. Behind us…