How to prevent a sheet of paper sliding

Tomato sauce (for pizzas)

This is the sauce to put on pizza bases before the toppings.

How to butter a dish or a mould easily

Often when making gratins, crumbles or other oven-cooked dishes, you will need to butter the dish or mould. To butter (or grease) means to rub inside the mould with a knob of butter to prevent the mixture sticking too much. Instead of putting a knob of butter in the dish and wiping with paper, here is a smart and quicker way.

Chocolate mug cake

A mug cake is fun to make and only takes a few minutes. It cooks in just one and a half minutes in the microwave.

Little lemon biscuits

These small, lemon-flavoured biscuits are very easy to make and are inspired by the Italian "biscotti al limone".

"Psychedelic" sandwich bread

This amazing-looking loaf uses a basic sandwich bread recipe, but half the dough is coloured yellow with turmeric, the other half black with squid ink. The two colours are then rolled up together to give the spiral effect you can see in the photo. The outside is coated with sesame seeds. This surprising bread is full of flavour and, with its "psychedelic" look, it makes spectacular sandwiches and canapés.