Tagliatelle with sausage ragù is an authentic Bolognese favourite; also a hack for those who find it hard to get their hands on salsiccia

A French Catalan stew full of fresh summer flavours. This particular recipe starts out as vegan—and is often eaten that way—making it ideal

Mustard chicken with beetroot soured cream spätzle is a gorgeous combination of North German Baltic flavours

This Cajun bacon hash is a dish from the Southern USA actually harks back to much older French cuisine traditions

A low-fat pasta of roasted butternut and walnut pesto, with garlic and parsley, combined with mushrooms

An easy, quick dish, this healthy Calabrian pasta with seafood has little kick of chilli and healthy pescatarian proteins

Child-friendly, this sausage and bacon stew is truly a fusion dish. Usually made with meat, it's easily adapted to be 100% vegan.

A fricassée with dumplings; fresh green flavours. Quick and ideal for mixed groups of diners—vegans, vegetarians and carnivores

A new recipe for a vegan spring risotto that combines some old French cooking ideas with green, fresh spring flavours

Duck with plums and smoked peppers, an entirely new recipe inspired by a single spice—Piment du Béarn fumé.

Bucatini with king prawns and a magical sauce of three forms of tomato—hence "Il tricorno" ("the three-cornered hat") —and dried basil.

Low-fat chicken curry with fennel and mushroom. A near zero-fat dish similar to a chicken korma with vegetarian options.

Low-fat linguine with roasted tomatoes, peppers and asparagus; A low-fat lacto-vegetarian pasta dish that's easy to make

A Roman classic, this kosher version of iconic carbonara, is a traditional recipe born in the Ghetto di Roma.

Zero-fat seared tuna with spätzle with mushrooms and butternut squash and a simple side dish of steamed tenderstem broccoli

Lombard chicken with pumpkin, fennel and asparagus; adaptation an 18th-century recipe

Zero-fat seafood risotto with lemon, basil, peas and green bell pepper

Pasta with salsiccia, butternut squash and cavolo nero is an easy winter warmer

Roast chicken stuffed with haggis—vegetarian haggis in this case—and prunes is hardly a traditional dish. But, it's what I whimsically...

A recent birthday jaunt back to Scotland afforded me the joy of confirming that one of my favourite haunts in Edinburgh remains the best...