Verity's been grilling appliances for over 15 years, and is the Which? cooking expert. She scrutinises nearly 100 ovens, cookers, cooker hoods and hobs every year, to see which can take the heat.

Cold weather and rainy days aren’t all bad. They offer the chance to hunker down at home and get stuck into serious cooking, from comfort-food classics to fruit-filled crumbles and everything in ...