Looking for a crowd-pleasing and economical meal to feed your friends? This week, we have a shakshuka recipe that uses butter beans and spices to evoke the flavours of Cyprus. One of many recipes from My Cypriot Table, by Irene Matys, it’s the perfect dinner to share with pals. Don’t forget to serve it with crusty bread to mop up runny egg yolks and the saucy, braised beans. Here’s the recipe.

And, award-winning Canadian chef Ryan O’Flynn is fuelling London, England’s craze for Detroit-style pizza. He tinkered with the dough recipe every day for six weeks straight before his big breakthrough. The result? A pizza pie with a soft, thick crust, oozing with cheese and other toppings. Word of mouth has kept O’Flynn – and his sourdough starter, named Gordie Howe – plenty busy over the last few years. Read the full story.

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