Are the your dinner party staples in check? Here’s a list to make sure you don’t miss a thing!

Let Oscar Ragg walk you through a peaceful night of cooking and devouring this freshly cooked tomato dhal.

The hard part is over and it’s time to wind down with your guests. After all the food is gone, what is there left to do?

Oscar Ragg waxes poetic on spending nights alone ensconced in the simple pleasures of cooking for one: spinning your favourite record, dimming the lights, and the freedom of catering to your own tastes.

Though the process is relatively simple, making pizza dough is all about using your hands, listening to your senses, being present in the moment and mindful of the craft.

Madsy’s famous lemon meringue pie is her go-to recipe for a dinner party, despite the fact you need 400 ingredients, 27 steps and a spare 7 hours and 10 minutes to complete it.

Amidst the chaos of everyday life, it would no doubt serve each of us well to stop and smell the spices every now and then.

We asked our Forkful contributors to share their always-on-hand, can’t live without pantry staples.

Not sure what to take to your next late lunch or dinner party? We asked the stars so you don’t have to.

I once made this dish for my very picky and patriotic Italian housemate in Leeds and he said it was better than his nonna’s. So please, go forth and impress Italian boys with this recipe.

‘Nasi Goreng Anar’—Anar being the Farsi word for pomegranate.

Thomas Linkins knows what it’s like to be a picky eater. But what happens when you embrace the scary and vomit-inducing foods you once swore off?

We asked our Forkful contributors to share their most treasured, most used, most essential tools of the trade. What’s yours?

Jahan Rezakhanlou is here to convince us that there is one rule that belongs in all kitchens: the communal spice rack.

Juliette Salom explores the delicate nature of moving out of home for the first time and the daunting task of learning who you are in a new one.

This dish here is somewhere between traditional British porridge and congee—comforting, nourishing and, thanks to the miso and the mushrooms, with a wonderful umami kick.

When you’re 15,000 kms from the ones you love, Shannon Grey reckons the kitchen is your next best bet.

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