Food

What’s the silliest question you can ask a restaurant critic? (And yes, I have the answer) | Jay Rayner

Who is the best member of your family? Not your favourite relative, which may be an easy question to answer. No, the best – the person who in every...

Heston Blumenthal fears watching TV series The Bear could trigger bipolar episode

Heston Blumenthal has said he fears that watching the high pressure depictions of kitchen life in the TV...

Nigel Slater’s recipe for orzo, smoked mozzarella and thyme

If I could choose just one dish for a cold autumn evening, it would be this calming, gentle...

Nigel Slater’s recipes for a teatime fruit cake and an orange and almond layer cake

An urgent need for cake. An old-fashioned one, studded with dried fruit, or perhaps a slice of something...

Cocktail of the week: Corrochio’s espresso martini de olla – recipe | The good mixer

Café de olla is a Mexican breakfast staple made from coffee brewed with spices, orange peel and piloncillo,...

UK’s ‘not for EU’ meat and dairy labelling plan postponed indefinitely

Government plans to force food manufacturers to put “not for EU” labels on all meat and dairy products sold across Britain next month have...

Jacob’s Creek, Campo Viejo … the wines I grew up with are suddenly as relevant as Blue Nun

It was one of those “have you noticed the police are getting younger?” moments. A sudden realisation of time’s passing akin to my my...

Georgina Hayden’s recipe for charred corn, chorizo and avocado

While corn on the cob is an autumn staple in our house (my girls love finding new flavours to roll the cobs in), I...

Rahel Stephanie’s secret ingredient: pandan

Pandan, thought to originate from Indonesia’s Maluku Islands, is used across south-east Asia. It has a vanilla-esque aroma, notes of rose or coconut, and...

Jeremy King: ‘The first time I was ever impressed by anyone was Meryl Streep’

Jeremy King knows more about the feel of rooms, perhaps, than any man in London. The co-creator (with Chris Corbin) and inspired reviver of...

Welcome to September’s Observer Food Monthly

Friday has always been my day off. For years, that day started with a long and leisurely breakfast at the Wolseley in Piccadilly that...