Whether it's thin and crispy or piled high with toppings, pizza comes in all sorts of delicious shapes and sizes, all underpinned by the ever-satisfying mix of molten cheese and rich sauce. This month, we're putting the spotlight on everyone's favourite comfort food – we'll be bringing you fresh recipe inspiration to switch up your go-tos and delving into the different types of slice. 

Courgettes are one of our favourite summer ingredients. Although botanically speaking they are a fruit, like most kinds of squash they are treated as a vegetable and are hugely versatile. They can be sliced thinly and dressed with salt and olive oil in a salad, flash-grilled, barbecued or lightly fried – find plenty of inspiration in our recipe collection and don't miss our guide to creative courgette recipes for the season.

One of the very few chefs to win both the Roux scholarship and National Chef of the Year, Hrishikesh Desai’s distinct style of cookery, blending classical technique with spicing that harks back to his Indian heritage, has seen him win Michelin stars at multiple restaurants. In his current position as chef patron at Farlam Hall, he’s cemented himself as one of the biggest talents of the North West’s food scene.