• Makes: 8 This is a cracking recipe for scones, which uses sour cherries as well as the more usual raisins. The cherries work fantastically well with the jam…

    In Barcelona, hip young lovers kiss openly on the streets. The organic wavey shapes and glittering mosaic of Gaudi façades catch you by surprise as you whizz through main drags in a taxi. Visible from almost every vantage point are the legendary spires of the La Sagrada Familia Cathedral. The Ramblas is the long and wide pedestrian mall, which runs through the centre of the city. It’s always buzzing with tourists, and lined with overpriced restaurants flogging paella and sangria to those who are willing to lap it up. But if you’re looking for authenticity you don’t have to venture…

    Tea drinkers often associate tea with the British tradition of afternoon tea, which is usually a black tea from one of the Empire’s colonies – Assam and Darjeeling from India or an Orange Pekoe from Ceylon, served with a drop of milk and slightly sweetened. Slowly though, we are discovering what connoisseurs have known for years: that there are as many varieties of tea in China as there are wines in France. Silver Needle, Precious Dew, Black Dragon, Emperor, Gunpowder and Oriental Beauty – one could be forgiven for thinking such exotic names belong to pedigreed racehorses. They are in…

    “The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human offerings. Let food be your medicine.” – Hippocrates, philosopher Foods with super powers? Apparently so. Researchers…

    Ever wondered what’s behind some of the seemingly meaningless, not to mention bizarre traditions at weddings? As we celebrate romance this month, we look at the heritage of wedding cakes Since antiquity, weddings have customarily been celebrated with a special cake. Ancient Roman wedding ceremonies were finalised by breaking a cake of wheat or barley (mustaceum) over the bride’s head as a symbol of good fortune. The newly married couple then ate a few crumbs in a custom known as confarreatio – eating together. Afterwards, the wedding guests gathered up the crumbs as tokens of good luck. The Roman poet…

    Forget the commercial hype and spoil your loved one with a sensational home-cooked meal. Three foodies reveal their recipes for romance. Andrea Burgener Restaurateur Andrea Burgener of Deluxe…

    While many foodies around the globe are caught up in creating new ways to push taste boundaries, Abbi Ben Yehudin, 30, and Gizelle Kennel, 23, are on a mission to make food taste like it’s supposed to. Having both been educated at a holistic Waldorf school, which emphasises mind, body and spiritual development, and raised in homes where organic and homegrown food was the norm rather than a fad, the two are hardly strangers to healthy produce that’s more about natural taste. One thing’s for sure: they’re not food fascists. In fact, the two go out of their way to…