
Nigel Slater's Simple Cooking
Nigel Slater shows us how to mix spicy flavors with something cooling.

Nigel Slater shows us how to mix spicy flavors with something cooling.

Nigel continues to explore successful food marriages in the kitchen.

Nigel Slater shows us how to prepare five different sweet and sour dishes.

Rick samples the delights of couscous, tagines and mint tea in Moroccan bazaars, before heading along the old silk route to south-eastern Turkey, where he tastes the finest kebabs.

In Mallorca, Rick finds wonderful seafood dishes and the most succulent roast lamb he's ever tasted, while in Barcelona he samples Catalonian food at the famous Boqueria market.

On a misty lagoon in Sardinia Rick watches the fishermen catch mullet using the same methods as the Romans did centuries before. He boards a ferry for Sicily to find, in the heart of Palermo, one of the best pasta dishes he's ever tasted.

Rick Stein discovers sausages and sheep's cheese and explores the locals' passion for chestnuts in Corsica.

Rick Stein discovers a five-star hotel in Madurai employing local housewives for genuine home-cooked dishes and enjoys Chettinad Chicken, a dish inspired by spices brought back from both the east and the west by traveling merchants.

Rick Stein visits the royal state of Rajasthan, a land of kings, hilltop forts and palaces, where the local population are serious meat-eaters.

Rick Stein arrives in the cultural city of Lucknow, India it is reputed to be the curry capital of India.

Rick explores Mumbai in search of the bombil, the fish that immortalized Bombay Duck enjoying Parsee hospitality.

Chef Blanc focuses on tomatoes, opening with a simple salad recipe inspired by his mother he also makes a creamy risotto, stuffed tomatoes glazed with cheese and a series of ices and sorbets to cleanse the palate with elegance.

Chef Raymond Blanc combines the universally popular ingredients of egg and cheese to make a classic omelette with a secret technique he then uses a Comte from his home region in France to make a family-style souffle.

The miracle of yeast helps Raymond to create a French classic: brioche he gets down to basics with a French country bread recipe that's essential for any baker to add to their repertoire lastly, he makes a spectacular apple croustade.

Chef Blanc uses two seasonal ingredients, game and mushrooms, to create a French version of a pasty called pithivier, which is filled with a rich mix of pheasant, chestnuts and dried fruits he also makes a cep mushroom tortellini with fresh pasta.

Chef Blanc celebrates the season with a winter vegetable salad featuring beetroots, a celeriac puree served with a crisp-skinned roast wild duck with blackberry sauce and watercress soup.

Chef Raymond Blanc looks to the UK's favorite fruit, apples, for inspiration he returns to memories of childhood with a simple tart made with a foolproof pastry and custard filling.

Raymond dives into the world of fish with the underused and affordable mackerel he creates a light meal of grilled mackerel with a soy lime dressing.

Chef Raymond Blanc creates four mouth-watering chocolate recipes: a simple mousse, rich chocolate delice, fondant with a melting middle, and his signature dessert: cafe creme, which is a chocolate-sculpted cup filled with a mousse and coffee sabayon.

Hot apple pie and ice cream fish with a lime and chili vinegar.