Apulian pasta with tomato sauce and 'nduja. The other lead flavours in the sauce include capers, black olives and red peppers.

Sicilian spaghetti with chillies, sultanas and anchovies

Hollandaise fish pot and Camargue rice salad. A riff on a Flemish fish pot (vispotje) inspired by Hollandaise sauce

A creamy Neapolitan pasta, this lacto-vegetarian dish with fennel, red peppers and celery was just of one of many dishes my father...

My Flemish waterzooi unapologetically takes it back to its fishy roots and a Scottish influence in the choice of fish and root vegetables

A Calabrian linguine, a healthy combination of pasta with with tomato sauce, summer greens, citrus, and anchovies

A pasta dish perfect for summer brimming with the flavours of green summer vegetables and the zing of lemon. The white fish makes it...

Pea, spinach and lemon risotto, a vegetarian meal—vegan if you leave out the cheese. Another healthy summer dish for kids

A hack for Levantine chicken with walnut sauce, a delicious, quick meal that's nutritious and healthy. An easy take on Lebanese roz a djej.

A delicious vegetarian summer broccoli soup with pistachio nuts started out as a recipe I cooked for kids.

A distinctly Greek take on the British tradition of Sunday roast lamb served with roast tatties, carrots with sesame and minted broad beans

A light, fresh iced celery soup with cucumber. Yes, totally a dish in its own right, but here served as a power starter

A spicy Calabrian spaghetti dish with smoked mussels, mushrooms, green peas and a pesto with the kick of red chillies.

A delightful mix of herbs underpinned by the combination of smoked Polish sausage and chicken with the sweetness of swede

Panko chicken schnitzel with spätzle— a fusion dish of southern Germanic comfort food and Japanese influences

A dish that combines fish and seafood flavours with a fresh, green salsa that heralds spring.

An Italian chicken dish for spring based on a Renaissance recipe. Flavours of fresh vegetables, a creamy mushroom sauce and lasagne side.

A great pasta dish— "paccheri con zucca, asparagi e capesante"—otherwise know as paccheri with butternut squash, asparagus and scallops

French beef cassoulet with black olives, fennel, orange and Provençal herbs

A quick and easy variation on non-baked cheesecake with baklava as the base, lemon zest and caramelised pistachio nuts