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Peppered Steak with Whisky Sauce excerpted from Comfort in One: Simple, joyful one pot meals – The Sunday Times Bestseller by Hari Beavis. Photography by Dan Jones.

Comfort in One: Simple, joyful one pot meals - The Sunday Times Bestseller by Hari Beavis

‘Gen Z’s new favourite chef’
The Times

Dive into a world of easy comfort food with the latest cookbook from Sunday Times bestselling author Hari Beavis.

Renowned for her down-to-earth approach and irresistible flavours, Hari brings you a collection of heart-warming meals that require just one pan, pot, tray or tin.

Each dish comes with handy alternative ingredient suggestions, allowing you to adapt to what’s already in your store cupboard and tailor your meals to any craving or dietary preference. From speedy suppers to slow-cooked comfort classics, you’ll find inspiration for every mood and occasion.

Recipes include:

Green Goddess Winter Pie – a nourishing, flaky-crusted delight
Rosé Wine Prawn Pasta – effortless elegance in one pan
Chorizo and Manchego Red Pepper Traybake – bold flavours with zero fuss
Slow Cooker Birria Tacos – tender, melt-in-the-mouth goodness
Garlic Butter, Lemon Chicken Orzo – creamy and comforting in a single pot
Pumpkin Risotto with Bacon and Walnut Crunch – seasonal indulgence at its best
Creamy Salmon Salad with Dill and Chive Dressing – a light yet satisfying bowl
Mozzarella, Peach and Prosciutto Salad – sweet, salty perfection
Lemon, Olive Oil and Thyme Cake – tangy and aromatic, all in one tin

With 90 soul-soothing recipes that champion simplicity and flavour, this cookbook invites you to relax, dig in, and discover how easy it is to whip up truly comforting meals. Let Hari Beavis guide you to your new favourite dish – one pot at a time. (more…)

Porcini-Seasoned Steak au Poivre excerpted from Milk Street Shorts: Recipes That Pack a Punch by Christopher Kimball. Photography by Joe Murphy.

Milk Street Shorts: Recipes That Pack a Punch by Christopher Kimball Transform your home cooking with the smartest, simplest, most powerful recipes from the James Beard Award-winning team at Milk Street.

In the kitchen, brevity is brilliant. Short recipes are the ones cooks remember best—not only because they’re simple to make and easy to repeat, but because they are boiled down to their elemental beauty and charm.

In Milk Street Shorts, Christopher Kimball and his team of cooks and editors have developed a repertoire of nearly 150 genius recipes that are casual, improvisational, and fun. These recipes are not just short—they’re bolder, better cooking because they’re short. Their essential cleverness gives them power that does not require long ingredient lists or all-day cooking.

And every recipe packs a punch—throw-it-together meals like “Nothing Soup,”Chili Crisp Peanut Noodles, and Five-Ingredient Pork and Kimchi Stew, snacks and side dishes like Sunflower Hummus, Crispy Spiced Chickpeas, and Salt and Vinegar Smashed Potatoes, and smart ways to use your oven, like Reverse-Sear Pork Loin, Skillet Lasagna, and Two-Hour Turkey. Recipes are organized by simplicity—Short, Shorter, and Shortest—with chapters including skillet suppers, sheet-pan tray bakes, and weeknight desserts like Clementine Blender Cake.