Delicious UK

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

If you make one thing… • Liguria's famous basil and pine nut pesto tends to hog the quick pasta sauce limelight, but Sicily's trapanese variation is a serious contender – and it's great with salmon

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WHAT'S ON THE MENU? • Food editor Tom Shingler creates summer feasts from the recipes in this issue

APPETISERS • Inspiration, bite-size news, reviews & great stuff to do

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MEET THE READER • Joanne Kennedy works in oncology and lives in Lansing, New York, with husband Robert, daughter Poppy, three cats, two dogs, two goats, a parrot – and lots of chickens

Scoops of joy • We asked you on Instagram: What ice cream flavour do you go for on holiday? Turn to p38 to meet our flavours of 2023

delicious. discoveries • The best new goodies from producers large and small

Hot on the shelves • New stuff in the supermarkets to approach eagerly with your self-scanning zapper in hand

HOTLIST • What's new, what's great, what we rate – including a bargain buy, an eco pick and the ultimate kitchen gadget.

The booklist • Mark Diacono takes his pick of this season's books – from an expert guide to understanding salt to a celebration of Sierra Leonean cuisine – with a glimpse of the most beguiling recipes. We hope you've got room on your shelves

A glass of white burgundy with Adam Handling • He's the 2023 Great British Menu Champion of Champions and owns three restaurants at the age of just 34. What's his secret? The chef talks to Kerry Fowler about his eyebrow-raising approach to workplace wellbeing and why black pudding makes everything better

A Cornish summer • Take a virtual coastal holiday with chef and food writer Emily Scott's beautiful recipes using saffron, seafood and clotted cream – ingredients that conjure up the taste of the county she loves to call home

THE ICE CREAM FLAVOURS YOU CAN'T BUY BUY IN THE SHOPS • There's a whole aisle of ice cream ready to buy in the supermarket, but if you want to go beyond the ubiquitous vanilla, strawberry and chocolate, you need to take matters into your own hands. Thankfully, making ice cream is easy – and the flavour combinations are endless

Sharing food is a form of culinary courtship • If food is important to you, the planning, the choosing of ingredients, the careful prep, and the eating and sharing can all be as revealing as any verbal or physical exchange. Clare Finney talks to chefs, food writers and a psychologist to examine how something as simple as making scrambled eggs can become a significant marker in a relationship

Aphrodisiacs through the ages

OUR RESTAURANTS FOR ROMANCE • “Love and food go best together when there are no distractions, and enough ambience to chat freely without being overheard,” says author Justin Myers. It's hard to disagree with that. Here are our interviewees’ favourite places for an intimate meal

RAW! • Serving and eating raw fish can sound scary but, for Pollyanna Coupland, a crudo, tartare or ceviche fits the bill like little else during the summer months. Join her as she urges you not to shy away from the uncooked, sharing expertise and four knockout recipes that keep things zingy, zesty and fresh

SMASH BURGER • No shortcuts. No cheat ingredients. Our best of the best series takes the view that if a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing right. Each month we take a deep dive into a classic, stripping it down and analysing why it tastes so good, then we give you our ultimate recipe. This month: Tom Shingler builds the burger to end all...