• Taryn Das NevesA Homegrown Table (Random House, R330) MasterChef Australia 2013 winner, Emma Dean, goes back to basics and focuses on fresh, organic produce to eat with friends and family. With an emphasis on seasonality, foraging and growing your own vegetables, the recipes are humble and delicious – pork and fennel meatballs with risoni, and barbecued quail with heirloom tomato salad, to name a few. Highlight: Broken into lovely sections such as ‘Tea Time’ and ‘Sun Down’. Available at Exclusive Books.

    With the soft and silky texture that an avocado has, it is perfect against the salty and toasted flavours of the bacon and cauliflower. Cook’s tip: This avocado mousse topped with cauliflower and bacon crumbs is best served as individual starters. Serve the mousse in pretty glasses with long spoons. You can also serve it in a big dish as a spread or dip for guests to help themselves to. 

    Print Recipe Reef-style squid ink garganelli Serves: 6 Cooking Time: 1 hour Ingredients 1 quantity squid ink pasta dough Sauce 60ml (¼ cup) olive oil 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1 red chilli, seeded and thinly sliced 2 x 410g tins chopped tomatoes 200ml dry white wine 300g mussels 200g prawns, shelled and deveined 200g calamari
    Print Recipe Truffled pappardelle carbonara Serves: 6 Cooking Time: 1 hour Ingredients 1 quantity porcini pasta dough Sauce 30ml (2 tbsp) olive oil 30g (2 tbsp) butter 125g pancetta or diced bacon 1 garlic clove, crushed 4 eggs 4 egg yolks 80g Parmesan, freshly grated + extra, to serve 250ml (1 cup) fresh cream 45ml
    Print Recipe Beetroot panzerotti with garlic butter, pecorino and poppy seeds Serves: 6 Cooking Time: 1 hour Ingredients 1 quantity basic pasta dough Filling 130g cooked beetroot 250g ricotta 1 egg 100g pecorino, freshly grated + extra, to serve 80ml breadcrumbs a pinch of ground nutmeg salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste Sauce

    Sweden’s beautiful capital is built on 14 islands at the confluence of lake and ocean, each with its own distinct personality. Fifty-seven bridges make all accessible by foot – the city is surprisingly compact – while interisland ferries offer a restful, scenic route and the chance to see Stockholm’s glorious skyline from the water. Michelin-starred restaurants abound – many of them so buzzy and casual that only the inventiveness of the food distinguishes them from ordinary cafés. But in a country whose bread is the best in the world and the ‘fika’ – a social coffee break with a bite…