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The French connection: lessons from an edible garden

It's little wonder our cousins across the Channel are so much more au fait with vegetables – they learn all about cultivating them from such a young age...
Spicy squid and white-bean salad

Spicy squid and white-bean salad

Serves 4

Cock shot is based on a bullshot which is a popular tipple taken to shoots and great for fishing on a chilly autumn day

Cock shot

Serves 6-8

Cider-cured herrings

Cider-cured herrings

Serves 4

Steamed razor clams with chorizo and broad beans

Meatballs with creamed basil and parmesan spinach

Ingredients to serve 4

Asparagus, radish and fennel salad

Asparagus, radish and fennel salad

Serves 4

Pea salad is a great spring salad that utilises the whole of the pea family, shoots and all

Pea salad

Serves 4

Pea salad is a great spring salad that utilises the whole of the pea family, shoots and all

Raw power: Mark Hix reveals how to enjoy spring vegetables in their natural form

Don't cook all the goodness out of spring vegetables, says our chef.

Spicy bulgogi beef

Spicy bulgogi beef

Serves 4

Spring garden salad

Spring garden salad

Serves 4

Peas, lemon and ricotta

Peas, lemon and ricotta

Serves 4

Spring lamb stew
by Rachel Khoo

Spring lamb stew

Ingredients to serve 4-6

Creamy cauliflower soup with stilton

Creamy cauliflower soup with stilton

Ingredients to serve 4

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Grace Dent: If you were on your first foreign trip for 24 years, would you want Bono to be a part of the package?

Grace Dent

If you were on your first foreign trip for 24 years, would you want Bono to be a part of the package?
Ireland's austerity D-Day: How much pain can it take?

Ireland's austerity D-Day: How much pain can it take?

After years of savage cuts, the Irish now face a stark choice: do they hand over control of their economy to Europe – or go it alone without the safety net of future bailouts?
Is doctors' fixation on treatment making us ill?

Is doctors' fixation on treatment making us ill?

Advances in medicine have made the impossible, possible. But an over-reliance on healthcare threatens to bankrupt the world – and make all of us sick
The most complained-about advertisements of all time

The most complained-about advertisements of all time

The ASA has received 430,000 complaints during its existence, with a record 31,548 in 2011
Olympians: They're fit and don't we just know it

Olympians: They're fit and don't we just know it

From Tom Daley's six-pack to scantily clad volleyball players, Olympic athletes are being sold on their sex appeal. Why can't we appreciate talent, not totty?
Return of the unacceptable face of capitalism?

Return of the unacceptable face of capitalism?

Sir Richard Needham's resignation from the board of Lonrho brings back bad memories of the group's controversial past
Off the rails in Bermuda

Off the rails in Bermuda

Best known for beaches, it's also home to a stunning hiking trail that follows the route of an old railway line
Get ready for a royal good time

Get ready for a royal good time

There are plenty of events to help you fly the flag during the Diamond Jubilee long weekend and half term
Spain: World football's marathon men

Marathon men: Are Spain running out of puff?

They have every right to be exhausted after four taxing years of almost non-stop action but the chance to claim a unique treble is spurring them on
Usain Bolt: The Bolt show runs on

Usain Bolt: The Bolt show runs on

Friday's 'slow' 100m has done nothing to dent Jamaican's supreme confidence he will triumph in London
The weirdest and most wonderful Diamond Jubilee memorabilia

Weird and wonderful Jubilee memorabilia

Coronation Chicken ice cream and Jubilee jelly moulds
'I may be deaf, but you can still talk to me'

'I may be deaf, but you can still talk to me'

Being a teenager is hard enough – for those with hearing loss, it can be even more complicated
A right royal trip down the river

A right royal trip down the river

A new exhibition celebrates the glory days of London's mighty Thames
The 10 Best lawn mowers

The 10 Best lawn mowers

From petrol-fuelled to self-propelled
Every second counts

Why does life appear to speed up as we get older?

Matilda Battersby finds out how the clock plays tricks with our minds