food

We are just at the beginning of the second term of university and many second and first years will have been introduced to cooking for themselves. Many will have noticed how much of their food has gone straight into the bin. When I first started cooking I was decidedly hopeless....

Simplicity is all important when baking in a student home, and scones are perfectly suited to this. Requiring only a few ingredients and not much of your time, scones are a well-loved crowd pleaser, and perfect comfort food for the long winter nights. Makes 10 Ingredients 450g self-raising flour...

Rich, sweet and chocolately, this dessert isn’t for the faint-hearted or those lacking a sweet-tooth. Combining a crunchy biscuit base, white chocolate centre, lashings of milk chocolate topping, and finished off with a generous drizzle of caramel, this tart is the perfect remedy for essay stress.   Ingredients For...

Perfect if you want something unhealthy without being overly sweet- it’s a good balance between sweet and salty and great with a cuppa! Ingredients For the base: 125g double chocolate Maryland cookies 30g mini pretzels (I used star-shaped ones for a more Christmassy feel) 75g melted butter For the...

1. The Wiltshire Chilli Farm There is more to life than Tabasco or Extra Hot Nandos, there is Wiltshire Chilli Farm! Offering some intense flavour combos for you to try from the Mild Mango to the Hot Hot Hot Habanero, it is definitely worth a visit at the stalls...

Stepping off the streets of Nottingham and straight into Thailand’s bustling street life, entering Zaap is a portal to other side of the globe. The scene of street signs, cooking, tuk tuks, and Thai music is a little overwhelming at first, but once settled at a table in the...

These buns are certainly a great candidate for a pre-Christmas treat! Sweet and delicious, these won’t disappoint. Makes approximately 15 buns Ingredients for buns 100g butter, softened 100g brown sugar One egg, separated 100g runny honey 200g plain flour Half a tsp of bicarbonate of soda 2 tsps ground...