Malou Herkes
Food Editor
6.9.2025
Discover our Found wine range.
Looking for something a little different? Embark on a wine adventure and discover plenty of hidden gems along the way our exclusive M&S Found wines. Explore delicious wines from off-the-beaten track producers in Europe and take a trip somewhere new and unexpected with your next sip.
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6.4.2025
Your summer salad guide 2025
From Good Gut salads to grab at lunch to perfect potato salads for your picnic, we’ve rounded up our favourite exclusive-to-M&S freshly prepared salads and the best summer salad recipes to try in 2025.
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5.21.2025
The best ice cream for summer 2025
Inspired by the country’s best ice cream parlours, social media trends and iconic Foodhall flavours, our M&S product developers have created our best ice creams yet. Get the full scoop here.
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5.13.2025
How to cook chicken
Chicken is a family favourite for good reason — it's versatile, great value, and each cut brings something unique to the table. From speedy midweek suppers to hearty weekend roasts, here are our top ways to cook chicken and make the most of every part of the bird, with smart planning and delicious results.
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5.9.2025
Try these food-saving kitchen hacks
Discover smart ways to reduce food waste with clever batch-cooking tips, tasty leftover recipes and simple meal-planning tricks. Make every ingredient go further – no compromise on flavour.
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4.17.2025
Bank holiday food ideas for everyone
Whether you’re planning a barbecue, some picky bits with friends or a family picnic, we’ve got some bank holiday food ideas to inspire you.
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4.5.2025
A beginner's guide to sparkling wine
You may have heard of Champagne, Prosecco and Cava, but have you tried Pét Nat, Crémant, or English sparkling wine? Top up your knowledge as we take you through the best sparkling wines on the market.
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4.2.2025
How to use blueberries
Bursting with sweet flavour, vitamins and minerals, British blueberries are in season in the summer months. Discover what makes our blueberries so delicious and try some tasty summer recipes.
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3.24.2025
A beginner's guide to rosé wine
From pale pink Provence styles to fruity White Zinfandel to sparkling rosés, find out what the best rosé wine is for you with our beginner's guide.
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2.25.2025
Female winemakers to know
We’re shining a spotlight on the best female winemakers in the business, and their best bottles to try.
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2.21.2025
Choosing wines made easy
Not sure how to pick wines you’re confident you’ll like? Often feel like you don’t ‘understand’ wine? Our brand-new Wine Finder tool makes choosing wines a whole lot easier, and more fun too. Take part in our Wine Finder’s quiz and get tailored recommendations to perfectly suit your taste.
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2.20.2025
Find out what cooking oils to use when.
Whether you’re frying an egg or searing a steak, we walk you through the best cooking oils to use whatever you’re making. Does smoke point matter? Is it better to cook with olive oil or sunflower oil? What even is walnut oil? We answer your questions.
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2.8.2025
Your slow cooking top tips
Do you want tasty meals with minimal prep, served up hot just as you come through the door, and at relatively low cost? Learn how to slow cook delicious, nutritious and good-value meals with our slow cooker guide.
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2.7.2025
What's in season each month
We share a highlight of the fruits and vegetables in season each month, with plenty of recipe inspiration to help you celebrate the best seasonal produce.
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1.22.2025
The ultimate guide to stir frying
Learning how to make the perfect stir fry will provide you with veg-packed, balanced meals any day of the week. It’s the ultimate speedy, healthy fast food. Now, with our brand-new Family Stir Fry Dine In, plus a whole new range of epic stir-fry combos in our popular serves-two Stir Fry Dine In, it's even easier to get dinner on the table with minimal fuss.
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1.17.2025
How to get more vitamin C in your diet
Want to fight off those pesky colds this winter? Here are some delicious ways to get more vitamin C and other important immune-boosting vitamins into your diet. Let’s go!
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12.12.2024
Cupboard staples to use up Christmas leftovers
Add flavour, freshness and oomph to a fridge-full of Christmas leftovers with the help of these cupboard staples. Deliciously varied meals and zero food waste, guaranteed.
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12.3.2024
15 delicious ways to reduce waste this Christmas
Struggle to use up those Christmas leftovers? Want to gift more mindfully this year? Here are some ideas to help you to cut down on waste and up the deliciousness this Christmas.
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11.22.2024
Christmas dinner tips from the experts
Not sure what to put on your cheeseboard or what wine to pair with Christmas dinner? We posed your burning questions to our panel of chefs, food developers and experts. Get Christmas tips and the hot flavour trends of the season, right here.
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11.13.2024
Explore our Christmas tipple top picks
Looking for the perfect wine for your Christmas dinner? Or a festive twist to your cocktail menu? We’ve got you. These are the best Christmas tipples to drink this season.
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11.1.2024
Learn how to roast a whole chicken perfectly
Follow our top tips to learn how to roast a whole chicken for perfectly juicy, succulent results. From epic flavourings to achieving crispy skin, this guide will help you.
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