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Kate Young shares her recipe for the festive Swedish dish.

Claire Thomson shares a seasonal recipe for a midweek meal.

Catherine Phipps new book Leaf celebrates the versatility of cooking with leaves.

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall blends blackberries, apple and cream for the perfect granita.

Russell Norman, founder of Polpo, demonstrates the perfect Italian dessert, tiramisù.

Arabella Boxer's step by step guide to making your own mayonnaise.

Fuchsia Dunlop demonstrates how to cook a classic Chinese greens dish – Twice-Cooked Swiss Chard.

Scandinavian cook and food writer Signe Johansen demonstrates how to make cinnamon bun cake.

Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood demonstrates how to cook the perfect pork pie.

MasterChef winner and Mexican food lover Thomasina Miers cooks summery vegetarian tacos.

North West chef Paul Heathcote creates a tropical fruit salad and ponders the newest fruit to hit the shelves, the papple.

Photographer and food enthusiast Mary McCartney cooks the perfect vegetarian supper dish, Yummy Spicy Rice Noodles.

Jo Wheatley, winner of The Great British Bake-Off 2011, demonstrates how to cook perfect American pancakes.

Flora Shedden shares Granny Joan’s and Angus’ shortbread recipes.

Award-winning chef Rowley Leigh demonstrates the perfect Salade Nicoise – and not a flake of tuna in sight!

Gok Wan cooks an Aromatic Bean Stir Fry and talks about growing up in a foodie family

Fish expert and restaurateur Mitch Tonks puts together the perfect seafood salad.

Top Irish chef Darina Allen demonstrates how to cook potato cakes and talks about the food of Ireland.

Cooking legend Claudia Roden tells Jane how to cook the perfect Tarta de Santiago, a Spanish almond cake.

Actress and Celebrity Masterchef winner Lisa Faulkner demonstrates a no-bake cheesecake with a crunchy base.

Masterchef 2011 champion Tim Anderson cooks the perfect sirloin steak.

Award-winning chef Maria Elia demonstrates her recipe for meatballs, inspired by her Greek Cypriot father.

Sophie Dahl cooks the perfect bread and butter pudding using panettone.

Israeli born chef, Yotam Ottolenghi, demonstrates a classic Middle Eastern aubergine dish - Baba Ganoush.

Signe Johansen shares her recipe for a festive punch.

Mary Berry demonstrates her Chocolate Roulade, a great alternative to Christmas Pudding.

Michelin-starred chef Giorgio Locatelli cooks pasta con le sarde, or pasta with sardines – a typically Sicilian dish.

Edd Kimber, winner of the Great British Bake off 2010, shares his family's Christmas Cake recipe.

Award-winning baker Dan Lepard demonstrates how to make soda bread.

Matthew Benson Smith uses his Yorkshire grandmother's recipe to cook the perfect parkin.

Molecular gastro star Heston Blumenthal demostrates perfect pumpkin soup – complete with a few surprises.

Joyce Molyneux, one of the first women to be awarded a Michelin star, cooks the classic French dish coq au vin.

Fish pie is the ultimate comfort food. Sue Lawrence demonstrates her classic recipe; capers, lemon zest, parsley, eggs and a white sauce.

Lisa Benison from Betty's Cookery school in Harrogate explains to Sheila McClennon how to cook the perfect choux pastry.

In her latest book Gorgeous Suppers, food writer Annie Bell turns her hand to this classic recipe. Her version has a rich filling of cream, egg, cheese and bacon. Jane joins Annie in her kitchen where she learns how to concoct the filling and make homemade short crust pasty.

Ching-He Huang celebrates the versatility of the wok.

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall tells Jenni Murray how to cook potato dauphinoise.

Rachel Allen shows Jane Garvey how to cook seven minute chicken noodle soup.

Food writer Trish Deseine demonstrates how to make this classic French dish.

Cook the Perfect Gazpacho with food writer Felicity Cloake. Chilled soup is not to everyone’s taste, but this might change your mind for ever. A Spanish classic, it originates from southern Andalucia, and is essentially a peasant dish, designed to make use of cheap, very ripe Mediterranean ingredients. The recipe can vary but it is essentially a combination of some or all of the following - tomatoes, peppers , garlic, cucumber, not forgetting crusty white bread, sherry vinegar and a generous slug of olive oil.

Robin Weir joins Jenni to make strawberry ice cream. He’ll also be discussing the different kinds of ice cream you can make at home and revealing some of the history of one of our favourite treats.

With cook Hannah Miles

Food writer Geraldene Holt talks through tips and techniques for the perfect carrot cake.

Professionally trained Cordon Bleu chef Justine Kanter shares her step-by-step guide to Summer Pudding.

Italian chef Giorgio Alessio shares his secrets for a perfect fish soup, the 'Cucina Povera' of the Yorkshire coast.

Michelin starred chef Angela Hartnett says she likes to sometimes use red wine in risotto as an alternative to the classic white as it surprises people. Today she cooks red wine and chorizo risotto for Jane Garvey.

Meera Sodha shares her recipe for a delicious twist on Chilli paneer.

Sanjeev Kapoor, India's most famous TV chef, shows Jane Garvey how to cook Kozhi Vartha Kozhambu, chicken curry from Kerala

There can be no other cake to rival it for literary pedigree. The madeleine was made famous by Marcel Proust in his novel ‘A La Recherche du Temps Perdu'. Chef Michael Vanheste, from Betty’s Cookery School in Harrogate, demonstrates how to make the perfect madeleine and Barbara Lebrun, Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Manchester, talks about Proust's connection to this delicate cake.

Jane at the home of food writer Lindsay Bareham to find out how to Cook the Perfect...Shepherd's Pie.