Delicious UK

An award-winning magazine, delicious. features 50-plus triple-tested, foolproof recipes and astounding complementary editorial and photography every month.

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The recipe I’m making first…

SPRING INTO April • Ideas, eats and treats to embrace the dawning of lighter, brighter days

WHAT’S ON THE MENU? • Turn this month’s recipes into a meal to remember. Acting food editor Jules Mercer shares her choices for…

#notforsharing • Be good to yourself! Feed body, mind and soul with a simple yet substantial poke bowl

This month’s star email wins...

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COME AND JOIN US!

From the delicious. food lovers group on Facebook • We asked: What are you cooking on Sunday? Here’s what you said…

Meet the reader • Godfrey Barton, 58, lives in Northamptonshire with wife Maggie and is a gardener

Cook it like delicious.& win • Jess Meyer, our acting deputy food editor, reviews and rates your masterworks from the February issue

Want to have a go? • Cook any recipe from the April issue and send us a photo – you could win a St Maur cocktail masterclass for six

Pub of the month • Freemasons at Wiswell, Lancashire

APPETISERS • Bitesize news, reviews and diary dates.

KITCHEN BOOKSHELF • This month: weeknight ideas, Tibetan cuisine and time-honoured kitchen crafts

A glass of red with Matt Tebbutt • The convivial chef and Saturday Kitchen host on his TV hero, quiet Friday nights and hopes for his kids

MATT’S EASTER FEAST

Easter joy • Chocolate recipes • Best gifts • Mix-and-match feast The batch-cook debate • Monica Galetti’s brunch Hot cross buns and simnel cake • UK cheeseboard

HOTLIST EASTER GIFTS SPECIAL • What’s new, what’s great, what the delicious. team rate

EASTER LUNCH pick ‘n‘ mix

Confession: I hate batch cooking • For Debora Robertson, the joy of making a meal lies in novelty and spontaneity rather than repeating and reheating yet another frozen-ahead casserole. It’s controversial, mind…

How to boil an egg

Monica Galetti’s brilliant brunch • These recipes aren’t designed to be served all together as they’re rich and big on flavour, so start with one or two that appeal most and go for it – neither you nor the people around your bank holiday table will be disappointed

A BIT ABOUT MONICA

10 CHOCOLATE RECIPES every cook needs to know • “For me, Easter is associated with one particular temptation: chocolate. If you’re nodding along to that, it’s time to bookmark these new recipes. Nervous about working with the dark stuff? Turn to p124 to brush up your skills… Above all, enjoy!”

And to finish... • Classic chocolate recipes to use again and again

The new hot cross buns • Some would say the familiar flavours of this seasonal treat aren’t to be messed with, but these recipes add the X-factor to the popular Easter bake… Is it time for a change? We say yes!

Enticing , scrumptious & gluten free • There’s a reason Becky Excell has scores of loyal fans: her recipes taste fantastic – and if you happen to be coeliac, the joy is they’re all gluten free. Here’s her exclusive take on an Easter favourite

It’s a wrap! • How to put together a fresh, different Easter cheeseboard? There’s nothing predictable about the collection Patrick McGuigan has destined for your spring favourites list. Clue: there are leaves, herbs and even flower petals involved

Asma Khan • How did a boisterous Indian girl with wild hair who didn’t know how to cook end up running a successful West End restaurant? Through hard work, a determination to break through barriers and a realisation that she could use her business to do good

“Food highlights the humanity we share” • Cookery school...