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Global recipes that work in a real kitchen
Chef-developed recipes and food travel guides from the places we have cooked our way through. Full of flavour, practical to make, and worth cooking again.
18+ years in professional kitchensInspired by travelMade for home kitchens
What you will find here
Cook the world, one recipe at a time
Tone & Taste is a food and travel site run by a chef and a traveller. We cook our way through the places we visit and bring the best dishes home, written so they work in your kitchen.
Recipes from around the worldStreet food, slow-cooked mains, sweets and healthy everyday meals, in metric with real timings.Browse recipes →
The places behind the foodWhere we stayed, what we saw and what to eat, from markets and bakeries to the taverna worth the detour.Explore destinations →
The Christmas menus cookbookTen complete Mediterranean Christmas menus that scale to your guest list, with shopping lists and make-ahead plans.See the cookbook →
Cooking guidesPractical know-how for cooking global food at home: where to start, what tools matter, and healthy cooking that still tastes good.Read the guides →Christmas around the world
Christmas recipes from the places we’ve travelled
Every country we visit celebrates Christmas with its own cookies, pastries and festive dishes. These are the ones we brought home and made work in our own kitchen. Bake a tray or two ahead, fill a tin, and keep something sweet ready for whoever comes through the door.
Greece · Cookies
Malta · Sweet
Greece · Cookies
Malta · No-bake
Greece · Sweet
Malta · Christmas lunch
INTERACTIVE COOKBOOKNew · The Christmas cookbook
Christmas dinner, already planned
Ten complete Christmas menus from ten Mediterranean countries. Choose a menu, tell the book how many people you are cooking for, and every quantity, shopping list and make-ahead plan adjusts to your table.
- 10 menus, 50 recipes
- Quantities for 2 to 30 people
- Shopping list per menu
- Make-ahead plans
- Print version
Opens in your browser on phone, tablet or laptop · Works offline · Metric measurements
Cooking for Christmas?
Ten complete Christmas menus, scaled to your table
Our interactive cookbook plans the whole meal: a starter, a main, two sides and a dessert from ten Mediterranean countries.
- Quantities for 2 to 30 people
- Shopping list and make-ahead plan per menu
- €19.95, instant download
Not ready yet? Try one menu free
Get our free Greek Christmas menu
A complete Greek Christmas table: a starter, a main, two sides and a dessert, with a plan for what to make ahead. Free, straight to your inbox.
- Five recipes that belong together
- Make-ahead plan
- Shopping list for six
Newest Recipes
Freshly cooked, inspired by our latest travels
Makroudh: Tunisian Date-Filled Semolina Pastries Recipe
Makroudh, Tunisian diamond-shaped semolina pastries filled with date paste, fried until crisp and dipped in orange blossom syrup. The sweet of Kairouan and of…
Breakfast Lunch Meals Healthy choices Snacks & sharing Sides & sauces Sweets Drinks
Travel through food
Cook & Explore by Country
Each destination has a full travel and food guide, plus the recipes we brought home.
Greece
Ionian coves, Cretan villages and tzatziki on every table.
Malta
Golden-stone cities, clear-water coves and pastizzi on every corner.
Sri Lanka
Elephants on the riverbank, tea country and hoppers for breakfast.
Tunisia
Busy markets, historic medinas, harissa and brik.
Where the recipes come from
Stories from the Road
Every recipe here starts somewhere: a market stall, a harbour taverna, a street corner at lunchtime. These are the places behind the food, with where we stayed, what we saw and where we ate.
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Malta’s tourist tax (the eco-contribution) is €1.50 per adult per night today and is set to rise to €8 in…
Corfu Travel Guide: Old Town, Beaches, Where to Stay and What to Eat
A practical Corfu travel guide: the best time to visit, which part of the island to stay in, Corfu Old…
Where We Ate The Best Food in Greece: The Meals Worth Travelling For
The best food we ate in Greece: lunch in Kalami, gyros in Gouvia, saganaki on Zakynthos, sardines in Kalamata and…
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Where to stay in Greece and the best time to visit, from summers in the Ionian islands, a spring in…
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Reader Favourites
The recipes our readers come back to most. A good place to start if you are new here.
Malta · Street foodPastizzi: ricotta and pea pastriesMalta’s flaky snack, made at home.
Sri Lanka · Street foodKottu rotiChopped roti stir-fried with chicken, egg and curry spices.
Tunisia · LunchKaskrout lablebiChickpeas, harissa and egg in a baguette, ready in 20 minutes.
Malta · MainsBraġjoli: Maltese beef olivesSlow-cooked beef rolls in a rich sauce.Healthy choices
Balanced, protein-rich meals shaped by years of meal prep cooking
18+
years in professional kitchens
Why Tone & Taste
Explore the world through its food, then cook it at home
Tone & Taste is run by chef Reiss and Anouk: one English, one Dutch-Indonesian, and both happiest somewhere new, finding out what people there really eat. The dishes that stay with us become recipes that work in an everyday kitchen.
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Chef-developed
Every recipe is developed by Reiss, with over 18 years in professional kitchens behind it.
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Learned on the road
Wherever we travel, we start with the markets, street food and home kitchens, then bring the best dishes back.
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Made for home kitchens
Clear steps, everyday equipment and no unnecessary complexity. Just food you’ll want to cook again.
Cooking Guides
Simple ways to bring global cooking into your week
Getting started
Getting started
Kitchen tools we use
The tools and equipment we use to develop our recipes
OXO Good Grips Box Grater
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OXO Good Grips Silicone Pastry Brush
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Pyrex Basics Glass Baking Dish (3 L, 23 x 33 cm)
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Nordic Ware Roaster with Rack (X-Large)
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