Food director Emma Knowles loves chocolate marquise, subeditor Bianca Tzatzagos is partial to pissaladière, food editor Lisa Featherby will do anything for French onion soup… We put our heads together, came up with our favourite French recipes and compiled them into a slideshow just for you. Bon appétit!

Whether it's a hot and sour prawn, chicken and noodle soup or a thick and flavourful minestrone, there's nothing like a bowl of soup to get you through the cold.

This baker's dozen of cakes, from polenta cake with burnt figs and honey to strawberry layer cake, is guaranteed to satisfy every sweet tooth.

The flavours of the old country meet Australian café panache in our take on classic Italian breakfast items.

Mmm, pizza… Check out some of our favourite pizza recipes, including caprese, mushroom and mascarpone and pumpkin, taleggio and wild rocket. Buon appetito!

We quizzed the best kitchen talents on their secrets to the perfect spaghetti Bolognese. The responses varied but were never ambivalent: this dish is unanimously loved, however it’s made.

We quizzed the best kitchen talents on their secrets to the perfect spaghetti Bolognese. The responses varied but were never ambivalent: this dish is unanimously loved, however it’s made.

From spaghetti Bolognese to lasagne and tiramisù to panna cotta, here are the classic Italian recipes we can't live without.

Scaled down to little more than a mouthful, tiny cakes take on an irresistible charm. Best of all, these diminutive treats offer every excuse to go back for seconds (or thirds).

America's most famous chef takes the smarts and good taste that have brought him acclaim at The French Laundry and Per Se and applies them to the humble sandwich. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Thomas Keller's lunchbox. Truly the greatest thing since sliced bread.