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Dine

Category: Dine 2 min read

Easter Nests with Cook School

A classic childhood treat for Easter

Category: Dine 7 min read

Notes On: Hosting

Cookery writer Skye McAlpine on how to keep entertaining effortless

a loaf of cake on a plate with a slice cut out
Category: Dine 3 min read

Mother’s Day Lemon Drizzle & Poppyseed Cake with Cook School

A bake the whole family can enjoy

Category: Dine 1 min read

Table talk

Fresh table styling for brighter days ahead

a bar with glasses, wine and other drinks on a table
Category: Dine 5 min read

What is the best glass for champagne?

Selecting the right glass for wine or fizz can improve the flavour

Category: Dine 7 min read

Notes on: entertaining

Grazia’s Lifestyle Editor Rachel Loos on making gatherings memorable

a woman sitting at a table with a plate of cake
Category: Dine 5 min read

Sweet summer recipes

Homemade lemonade, raspberry tartlets and fruity pavlovas

a table set with white plates and white napkins on a covered porch
Category: Dine 6 min read

No hats, no heels – all the fun

Journalist Kate Finnigan on her love of small-scale celebrations

read 3 Easter bakes to try
Category: Dine 5 min read

3 Easter bakes to try

Enjoy a piece (or two) of these freshly baked delights

seasonal entertaining with georgina hayden
Category: Dine 6 min watch

Seasonal entertaining: Mediterranean dishes with Georgina Hayden

Simple pleasures: the post-Christmas-dinner nap
Category: Dine 1 min read

Simple pleasures: the post-Christmas-dinner nap

cocktails and canapes with alexandra dudley
Category: Dine 2 min read

Cocktails & canapés with Alexandra Dudley

Category: Dine 6 min read

How to be a happy host

the brilliant breakfast
Category: Dine 9 min watch

The Brilliant Breakfast: Berry baked oats with Melissa Hemsley

festive food tips with claire fyfe
Category: Dine 9 min watch

Festive Food Tips With Claire Fyfe

Category: Dine 3 min read

Asparagus Tart with Cook School

A delicious addition to your Easter table

a pastry with blueberries on a white plate next to a cup of coffee
Category: Dine 3 min read

Mother’s Day Blueberry & Custard Galettes with Cook School

Surprise mum or make them together as a family

a close up of a dessert with blueberries and whipped cream
Category: Dine 3 min read

Banana Pancakes with Cook School

A new twist for Pancake Day

a woman standing in front of a table with a candle on it
Category: Dine 3 min read

Everything to celebrate

Create a table for the most special of festive get-togethers

Category: Dine 4 min read

Alexandra Dudley’s seasonal recipes

Last of the summer recipes to ease into cosy season with

Category: Dine 2 min read

There’s always room at the table

Set the scene for cosy, autumnal meals

a person holding a spoon over a heart shaped dish of food
Category: Dine 2 min read

Making rhubarb clafoutis with Manon Lagrève

watch seasonal entertaining
Category: Dine 6 min watch

Seasonal entertaining: Crab linguine with Emily Scott

simple pleasures sharing dessert
Category: Dine 1 min read

Simple pleasures: sharing dessert

My Christmas memories on a plate
Category: Dine 12 min read

My Christmas memories on a plate

the brilliant breakfast
Category: Dine 13 min watch

In conversation with Chrissie Rucker & The Prince's Trust

seasonal entertaining harvest festival
Category: Dine 6 min watch

Seasonal entertaining: Harvest festival

seasonal entertaining with clare fyfe
Category: Dine 9 min watch

Seasonal entertaining: Festive pavlova with Claire Fyfe

a white plate with a salad and some utensils on a table
Category: Dine 2 min read

Skye McAlpine's Sicilian Couscous Salad

Your new go-to summer dish

Category: Dine 2 min read

Melissa Hemsley’s Big Spring Salad

Bright, crunchy and filled with tasty grains and greens

Category: Dine 1 min read

Your Easter table

Styling touches to make it special

hot chocolate recipes
Category: Dine 3 min read

Hot-chocolate recipes

Three ways to serve up our favourite winter warmer

a table set with plates and bowls of food on it
Category: Dine 4 min read

Seasonal eats – recipes to share

Two of our favourite autumn recipes to share with loved ones

Category: Dine 5 min read

Alfresco meals to remember

Some of our favourite writers, editors and experts share their most unforgettable…

a table topped with plates of food and bowls of olives
Category: Dine 5 min read

In praise of picnics

Alexandra Dudley, James Rich and more foodies on the joy of picnicking

read and shop table styling lunches
Category: Dine 1 min read

Table-styling tips for weekend lunches

trifles to try
Category: Dine 12 min read

3 trifles to try

gingerbread house recipes with deborah brett
Category: Dine 4 min read

Making a gingerbread house with Deborah Brett

Manon Lagrève’s festive dessert
Category: Dine 4 min read

Manon Lagrève’s festive dessert

read and shop woodland feast
Category: Dine 1 min read

The golden hours