For years I faithfully made Marcella Hazan’s roast chicken, which basically involved roasting the bird with a lemon in its cavity. But once I tried Simon Hopkinson’s recipe from his quite wonderful ...

The other day, a friend who had moved to Santa Fe was in town so I asked him over to dinner. It was a weeknight and I didn’t have a whole lot of time to fuss in the kitchen, and also, because it just ...

Simon Hopkinson is a softly spoken and almost self-effacing chef who never needs to shout to gain attention. It’s more than 25 years since he ran a restaurant, yet to this day he has a voice that’s ...

ASK food writer Simon Hopkinson to name his favourite recipes and he sounds like an English schoolboy. “Parsley sauce, mushrooms on toast, leek and potato soup,” he sighs. “I can be knocked sideways ...