Summer food

Simple green salads to make the most of summer days

Choose your favourite leaves then select from a range of piquant dressings

Stick with a plan – BBQ skewer recipes

The best thing to grill? Things on sticks – think Indonesian chicken satay, Greek-inspired fish and Nigerian suya beef

Plan a foodie holiday – 22 ideas from around the UK

Pizza on a canoe, seafood with a view, the best ice-cream – from Sussex to Scotland, and East Anglia to Wales

Thrilling fillings – classic sandwich recipes with a twist

Level up your picnic game – add punch to egg and cress, prawn cocktail, fresh tomato and pork banh mi fillings

A day in the sun: Nigel Slater’s summer recipes

Simple, seasonal dishes to take you from breakfast to dinner

Fall in love with a local wine

Why visiting a vineyard region may be the perfect holiday

Taste test – ice-creams and lollies

Ice-cream supremo Terri Mercieca of Happy Endings is on a quest to rate the coolest treats to beat the heat

The only five salad recipes you’ll need this summer

Soon to be on rotation: zingy potatoes, ‘perky’ mango chaat and showstopping nectarines

Kitchen diary: it’s time for sumptuous summer berries

A mascarpone tart with a crisp biscuity base is guaranteed to hit the spot

Wake up your summer breakfast with Nutella

From Cornwall to the Scottish Highlands, discover six top sunrise spots for breakfast in the great outdoors

Taste test: no and low alcohol summer drinks

Cocktail queen Portia Freeman tastes and rates mocktails, 0% spritzes and G&T dupes

The best summer wines (and when to drink them)

Everything you need for weddings, barbecues and lazy days in the park

Nigel Slater's midweek dinner: courgettes, basil, pasta

A simple and filling supper that will help you use up that glut of seasonal courgettes

Cherry loaf, peaches in wine and a strawberry meringue cake – no-fuss summer desserts

For sweet success, use seasonal fruit and keep it simple, says Joe Trivelli

Nigel Slater’s kitchen diary: tomatoes are here in all their sun-ripened glory

Summer means gorging on plump, abundant tomatoes, as wonderful fresh as they are cooked

Tasty alternatives to the ubiquitous Aperol Spritz

The bittersweet Italian fizz has won its place as a heatwave favourite, but their are others too

Summer whiskies to beat the heat

Scotch is usually associated with winter, but a decent dram can really hit the spot when the mercury is rising