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Your pictures on the theme of home cooking

5 July 2022

We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "home cooking". Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world.

Steve Demeranville: "Walking the backstreets of Andalusia, Spain's Seville, the spices were on display for the choosing, ready for sale for the evening's cuisine."

Steve Demeranville Spices — Steve Demeranville: "Walking the backstreets of Andalusia, Spain's Seville, the spices were on display for the choosing, ready for sale for the evening's cuisine."

Maggie Crouch: "I baked an enormous mince pie for my friend Bonny's birthday."

Maggie Crouch A mince pie — Maggie Crouch: "I baked an enormous mince pie for my friend Bonny's birthday."

Robert Mazelow: "A cooking nightmare."

Robert Mazelow Mess from spilt cooking — Robert Mazelow: "A cooking nightmare."

Lorraine Devlin: "Happy memories of a caravan trip to Devon and my husband's birthday - a light meal with wine, watching a gentle shower pass by."

Lorraine Devlin Wine in the window of a caravan — Lorraine Devlin: "Happy memories of a caravan trip to Devon and my husband's birthday - a light meal with wine, watching a gentle shower pass by."

Geoff Rimmer: "Well, you got a roll with it!"

Geoff Rimmer Soup and a roll — Geoff Rimmer: "Well, you got a roll with it!"

Harri Holmberg: "After a night in August in a tent at a nearby lake south of Stockholm, Sweden, we came home with self-caught crayfish. They were cooked the next day and then the crayfish lie and soak up the crayfish broth for a night before we can enjoy the salty taste."

Harri Holmberg Crayfish — Harri Holmberg: "After a night in August in a tent at a nearby lake south of Stockholm, Sweden, we came home with self-caught crayfish. They were cooked the next day and then the crayfish lie and soak up the crayfish broth for a night before we can enjoy the salty taste."

Brenda Yamba: "Family get-together, Lusaka, Zambia."

Brenda Yamba Woman at a barbecue — Brenda Yamba: "Family get-together, Lusaka, Zambia."

Derek Wilcock: "All the ingredients you need for a perfect Italian meal."

Derek Wilcock Ingredients in the shape of a face — Derek Wilcock: "All the ingredients you need for a perfect Italian meal."

Rebecca Harrison: "When the home-baked pretzels turn out so well that you both want to capture them in full technicolour."

Rebecca Harrison Pretzels — Rebecca Harrison: "When the home-baked pretzels turn out so well that you both want to capture them in full technicolour."

Debbie Beard: "My attempt at a Jubilee bake - not perfect but made with enthusiasm."

Debbie Beard A cake with the union flag on top — Debbie Beard: "My attempt at a Jubilee bake - not perfect but made with enthusiasm."

Natasha Everson-Williams: "Loving the beet - summer beetroot harvested for a veggie pasta dinner."

Natasha Everson-Williams Beetroot dish — Natasha Everson-Williams: "Loving the beet - summer beetroot harvested for a veggie pasta dinner."

Keith Hadley: "My homemade scones topped with strawberry jam and clotted cream - ideal for the summer."

Keith Hadley Scones and cream — Keith Hadley: "My homemade scones topped with strawberry jam and clotted cream - ideal for the summer."

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The next theme is "in the dark" and the deadline for entries is 12 July 2022.

The pictures will be published later that week and you will be able to find them, along with other galleries, on the In Pictures section of the BBC News website.

You can upload your entries on this page or email them to yourpics@bbc.co.uk.

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Further details and themes are at: We set the theme, you take the pictures.

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