RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Coffee cupcakes with chocolate frosting

  Silvena Rowe shows that coffee is not just for drinking, in this fabulous fuss-free recipe for coffee cakes with creamy chocolate topping

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  Contemporary cup cakes

  Bring out your inner child with Paul Young's creative recipe for cup cakes, fun to make and to eat

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  Pretzels

  Falko Burkert shares a recipe for a very more-ish traditional soft pretzel, much prized in Germany and Switzerland

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  Sausage and lentil casserole

  Keep a few staples on hand in the pantry to cook up Silvana Franco’s simple but hearty and warming casserole

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  Bibimbap (vegetable, pork and rice bowl)

  Karen Choi shows John Torode how to make a traditional Korean dish using doragee (a root veggie) and bracken stalks - feel free to use whatever vegetables you prefer

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  Spanish-style omelette

  Jun Tanaka’s Spanish-inspired omelette has an unusual ingredient – an ostrich egg

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  Spaghetti with monkfish and clams

  An easy seafood sauce that can be made while the pasta is cooking, from Arthur Potts Dawson

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  Ale-glazed pork chop

  Tony Hadley and Aneke Spacie’s pork chops are smothered in a richly flavoured ale and apple juice glaze, accompanied by sweet caramelised apples

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  Sweet soy and spring onion chicken

  A nutty vegetable stir-fry ready in 15 minutes, from Amoy's Chef Yang

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  Vietnamese pho

  Pho is considered the 'chicken noodle soup' of Vietnam - the ultimate cure-all, perfect for soothing the soul, warding off colds and easing a hangover.