This Year, Maybe: From the author of A Gift in December

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This spiced pumpkin soup recipe is a combo of the kind of old-fashioned Australian creamy pumpkin soups my Nanna used to make and a Cambodian spiced pumpkin soup of Khmer Royal Cuisine. Rich, comforting and creamy, despite there being no cream, it’s a perfect cold weather soup that can be served as an elegant appetiser or in big bowls for a cosy casual meal, and it’s another of our best 31 recipes to cook in January. You’re going to love this spiced pumpkin soup recipe if you’re a lover of pumpkin soups. It’s so delicious, super affordable, it freezes well, and is easy and straightforward to make despite the longish list of ingredients – which you shouldn’t feel intimidated by, they just add depth of flavour. This compilation of 31 winter recipes to make in January for our neighbours in the wintery northern hemisphere includes an array of recipes for cosy dishes from right around the world – from Australian meat pies inspired by Cambodian curries to Mexican soups and Irish stews. The only book that I’ve already bought and wrapped (which is very organised for me) is Uzumakiby Junji Ito. It isn’t necessarily the first book I’d think of when thinking of cosy Christmas gifts but my brother has been reading a lot of horror, specifically surrealist, so I couldn’t think of a better book to gift him. Uzumaki is the story of a town contaminated with spirals. Ito uses the common and ordinary shape of spirals to create uncomfortable and grotesque imagery throughout the book yet I’d still describe the artwork as beautiful, or at least incredibly impressive. This isn’t a collection I’d recommend to just anyone but definitely for any fans of nightmarish literature. Terence has been making Singapore curry laksa since we first started slurping the spicy coconut curry noodle soup in Sydney in the 1980s, at a massively popular ‘Singapore Curry Laksa’ stall in subterranean food court in Chinatown food court. Big bowls of laksa served as dinner on many a cold winter’s night. While Terence has long been obsessed with recreating that original noodle soup we adored (he has 10 different curry laksa recipes in his recipe manager!) this recipe comes courtesy of legendary Sydney chef, Christine Manfield. Don’t be deterred by the list of 17 ingredients. The final result is well worth the effort of pounding your own curry paste from scratch.

An ITV spokesperson said at the time: “Love Island UK will return bigger and better than ever with an extended run in summer 2021,” confirming that the winter series would not be returning in 2021. VICTORIA– Double Def. And the name of my daughter, who failed to get this clue when I WhatsApped it to her this morning. What’s more lovely than a pile of wrapped books underneath the Christmas tree, waiting to be discovered by their recipients? Here’s what I’ll be wrapping and reading this winter: Arctic Berry is not my favorite Winter Edition Red Bull. Granted, there have only been two in the US, so it can either be the best or second-best (or worst) US Winter Edition Red Bull at this time. So I guess it’s the second-best. It’s definitely much lower down the list when it comes to all the brand’s flavors.THAI– Homophone (“Reportedly”) for tie=draw (as in a football match). I think “woman” is here to make up the diversity numbers. The energy drink looks like a pre-freezer or melted Louie-Bloo Raspberry Otter Pop, but it doesn’t taste like one was poured into a Red Bull. It’s a blue raspberry-flavored Red Bull, but its tartness is heavier than an Otter Pop. And, of course, there’s that medicinal aftertaste the energy drink is known for. The blueberry scent I initially sniffed turned into a cotton candy-like aroma as I nursed the can. As is often in English, the noun and verb have different emphases, en-TRANCE (Charm), and EN-trance (way in) A fantastic salt alternative, saysGrainger: “It gives another layer, umami and flavour impact, without tasting like pure salt.” In a blender, with a little salt to help the grind, blitz sheets of seaweed (“nori or dulse work best”) into fine dust. “It’s great on fish or vegetable dishes.” Dunn’s River all-purpose seasoning

Digital Spy reported earlier this year that ITV has no plans to make a 2022 winter version at present, with a spokesperson for the broadcaster saying: “We are currently focusing on the forthcoming summer series.” If you’ve cooked our recipes and enjoyed them, please consider supporting Grantourismo by supporting our epic Cambodian cuisine history and cookbook on Patreon, which you can do for as little as the price of a coffee. Or you could buy us a coffee and we’ll use our coffee money to buy cooking ingredients for recipe testing. This pepper steak pie recipe makes a Cambodian beef lok lak meat pie that is inspired by one of Cambodia’s most popular street food-style dishes, served at local eateries around the country. Typically eaten for lunch, but also acceptable for dinner or breakfast, when a fried egg on top of the stir-fried beef is compulsory, lok lak is one of those dishes that is as popular with foreigners as locals. Use Cambodia’s excellent Kampot Pepper if you have some. This is another of our best winter recipe ideas. Sergo Vares (Leontes) and Toby Barnett-Jones (Mamillius) in The Winter’s Tale. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/the Guardian For the rest one can only say that if Mr Eliot had been pleased to write in demotic English The Waste Land might not have been, as it just is to all but anthropologists and literati, so much waste paper.

In south India, “gunpowder”, or milagai podi, is considered similarly useful. A seasoned mix of roasted, ground coconut and lentils, it is best known for flavouring potatoes, but Avinash Shashidhara, the head chef at Pahli Hill in London says: “We use it on everything, even on ghee-buttered toast.” Powdered seaweed

I’m a big fan of Cantonese-Vietnamese ‘spicy salt’ – classic five-spice with salt – used as a dip for fried and grilled poultry,” says Lap-Fai Lee, a Birmingham-based restaurant consultant and food tutor. “A good cook will make this fresh, doing enough for that meal.” In a hot pan, toast salt for 30 seconds with whole Sichuan peppercorns, cinnamon or cassia, star anise, cloves and fennel seeds. The ratio is 2:1 salt to five-spice (the spices combined in equal amounts). For extra oomph, add MSG powder in equal quantity to one of the spices. “It’s not the same without it,” says Lee. Grind the mix into a fine salt and dip your meat delicately as you eat. Sal de gusano Used to season everything from boiled eggs to roast lamb, ground cumin and salt are the staple Moroccan table condiments, says Nargisse Benkabbou, a chef and the author of the cookbook Casablanca. Cayenne pepper is also offered – “to add heat without too much flavour”. Paprika Blitz to a fine powder in a blender, store in a dark, airtight container for two weeks, then “sprinkle on anything you want to taste oniony. It’s an awesome seasoning for roasted nuts and would be great over white pizza, or sprinkled on a cheese crouton on french onion soup.” Za’atar Now before I tell you about our 31 recipes to cook in January, the winter edition, I have a favour to ask. Grantourismo is reader-supported.This classic cottage pie recipe makes the traditional Irish comfort food dish synonymous with hearty Irish farmhouse cooking and it’s another of our top 31 winter recipes to cook in January. While cottage pie is made right across the UK and in Australia and New Zealand, the long history of cottage pie in Irish cooking includes some of the oldest documented cottage pie recipes. Endearingly old fashioned, this Irish comfort food favourite consists of layers of savoury beef mince and vegetables, and cheesy mashed potatoes, which are baked, and served with buttery green peas. Wash it all down with red wine or Guinness.

When the first series of Winter Love Island debuted on ITV2, it was supposed to be one of two seasons to air in 2020, however coronavirus restrictions ended up cancelling last year’s main summer series.

This traditional Irish beef and Guinness stew recipe with cheese dumplings delivers a hearty beef stew made with Ireland’s beloved stout beer, with meat so tender you can pull it apart with a spoon and fork. It also includes a recipe within a recipe for savoury cheddar cheese dumplings that cook with the stew. Though you could serve it with mashed potatoes or greens if you prefer. If you enjoy this, also try our best Irish stew recipe, which makes an incredibly rich and deeply flavoured traditional Irish stew, arguably the national dish of Ireland. This sun-dried, ground Korean chilli, which gives kimchi its red colour, comes in a variety of consistencies and heats, but its “bright, fruity, slightly smoky flavour” makes it a versatile ingredient and table condiment, says Judy Joo, the chef-owner of the Seoul Bird restaurants in London. “I sprinkle it on everything from pizza to veggies,” says Joo. “Store it in your freezer to keep it zesty.” Cumin