RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Chocolate pudding and mascarpone ice cream

  Matt Tebbutt makes a light, delicate chocolate cake, with a deliciously molten interior.

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  Mrs stephenson's cucumber mousse

  This light and lovely mousse from Mrs Stephenson makes a stylish starter of an elegant buffet dish

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  Pickled cucumber

  For a splendid accompaniment to salmon and rice noodles, try James Martin's hot cucumber pickle with the zing of Szechuan pepper

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  Pork chops with caramelised bananas and honey

  Clodagh Mckenna makes a daring combination of pork and potatoes with stick-sweet glazed bananas

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  Tamworth pork kidneys

  Learn to love kidneys with this delicious creamy kidneys-on-toast recipe by Gary Rhodes

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  Chicken in a coriander sauce

  For a flavoursome way to pep up some chicken, try Madhur Jaffrey’s delicious recipe

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  Ranch-style eggs (Huevos rancheros)

  This is the best-known breakfast egg dish in Mexico. Rick Stein still likes to cook this on a long Sunday morning after a particularly lively Saturday night.

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  Seafood platter with tamarind sauce

  Appease even the Kitchen Gods with this refreshingly exotic seafood smorgasbord, from Nancy Lam

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  Chocolate, coffee and cardamom mousse

  Try Ainsley Harriott's rich, light and fluffy mousse - use chocolate with a minimum of 50% cocoa solids for best results

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  Chicken and mushroom dumplings

  Ching-He Huang’s delicious open-wrapped steamed dumplings are great to serve at dinner parties as a starter