On our radar: team recommendations

The dish team is as passionate about what we consume in our downtime as we are about our food — here’s our current faves
Books:
A Pale View of Hills — Kazuo Ishiguro
Bel Canto — Ann Patchett
Book of Lives — Margaret Atwood
Butter — Asako Yuzuki
Everyone Is Lying to You — Jo Piazza
Gaylene’s Take — Dame Gaylene Preston
Grand — Noelle McCarthy
Great Big Beautiful Life — Emily Henry
Remarkably Bright Creatures — Shelby Van Pelt
Save Me the Plums — Ruth Reichl
So Thrilled for You — Holly Bourne
Strange Pictures — Uketsu
The Names — Florence Knapp
The New Zealanders — Maurice Shadbolt
When Breath Becomes Air — Paul Kalanithi
Movies/documentaries:
Burnt
Julie & Julia
Kpop Demon Hunters
Nonnas
The Devil Wears Prada 2
The Fall Guy
The Taste of Things
“Wuthering Heights”
Music:
Arc De Soleil
Driza Bone
Euro-Country — CMAT
King of California — Dave Alvin
Late Night Tales: Music for Pleasure — Tom Findlay (Groove Armada)
Romance — Fontaines D.C.
Navigator — Che Fu
Neil Young
The Art of Loving — Olivia Dean
The Wild Hunt — The Tallest Man on Earth
This Must Be May — Conan Hope
West End Girl — Lily Allen
You Signed Up For This — Maisie Peters
Podcasts:
Beth’s Dead
Bon Appétit Bake Club
Bon Appétit Dinner SOS
Gone By Lunchtime
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Maintenance Phase
My Therapist Ghosted Me
Now You’re Asking
Table Manners
TV series:
Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials
Bridgerton
Educators
Heated Rivalry
Industry
Lord of the Flies
Queen of Chess
Small Town Scandal
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Night Agent
The Pitt
The Sinner
The Walsh Sisters
Tucci in Italy
latest issue:
126
We start by sharing what’s on the dish team’s radar, what we’re watching, listening to and reading. Harry Butterfield puts a twist on his Nonna’s agnolotti, Malissa Fedele reminds us of the importance of fibre, and Phoebe Holden fulfils a long-held dream, sitting down with Yotam Ottolenghi. Autumn is an abundant time, we make the most with pumpkin, kūmara, cabbage, cauliflower, feijoas, apples and pears. We’re dishing up dinners for two, including a Chicken Dumpling Lasagne, alongside easy weeknight meals. We honour our mums, revisit timeless classics, and add a little baking challenge. This issue, we encourage you to slow down, to enjoy writing your shopping list, and spending time in the kitchen. Because even when life feels relentless, there’s always space to share something delicious.

