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No time? No worries. Leading chefs dish on how to cut corners without compromise.

Big Green Egg or binchotan, asado or braai - there's more than one way to stoke a fire. We ask chefs for their hot tips and tricks for summer grilling.

This potent Italian flavour enhancer will be your new secret kitchen weapon.

Your kitchen bible, explaining everything you need to know to navigate your way through a recipe, a French restaurant menu and more.

Beach banana, pigface – whatever you call it, this native succulent adds a welcome salty hit and juicy crunch to fish dishes, salads and stir-fries.

The best fillets are those you cut yourself. Here, seafood savant Josh Niland shows you how it’s done.

With a rich toffee flavour, coconut sugar adds an extra dimension of interest to baking.

Whatever the buzz around its purported magical powers, this intriguing ingredient has texture and flavour all its own.

The lowdown on buckwheat, including its nutritional value and origins, plus four recipe ideas.