Most pumpkin dishes involve scooping out the seeds, cutting off the skin, and chopping up the flesh before cooking.

The tang of tamarind is a great way both to flavour and lighten up slow-cooked savoury dishes.

Almost every culture has its own variation on chicken soup, and rightly so - it's one of the most gratifying dishes on the face of the Earth.

The way to entice people into cooking is to cook delicious things.

The most important thing for me is to walk the little alleys of the city, to find the little alcove where someone is cooking something, and just watch them do it. That's my idea of fun.

Greek yogurt with some olive oil stirred in can transform many dishes.