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,...

Scissor-cut, stir-fry and ‘a hug in a bowl’: six great noodle recipes

Chop noodlesJulie Lin at the Ga Ga Kitchen and Bar, Glasgow Photograph: Richard GastonScissor-cut noodles became a viral sensation a while ago. They’re simple...

Purple patch for British blueberries as sales boom

Whether they add them to smoothies or salads, or just pop them straight in their mouths, Britons are eating more blueberries than ever before....

More than malbec: the diverse wines of Argentina

Altos Las Hormigas Colonia Las Liebres Mendoza Bonarda Clasica Mendoza 2023 (from £12.49, Shelved, Hay Wines, Fenwick) For food and drink producers, there are...

The Habitat chicken brick is back – but what’s the best way to roast a bird? | Rachel Cooke

Though I can’t remember it myself – I’m 43, and have been for some years – I know that 1964 was pretty groovy, culturally...

How to turn nuts and seeds into ‘butter’ – recipe | Waste not

The first recipes in my cookbook Eating for Pleasure, People & Planet are for seed and nut butters. Peanut butter is delicious, yes, but...

Cocktail of the week: Salvatore Calabrese’s spicy fifty – recipe | The good mixer

An intriguing journey of flavours: sweet, sour and with a warm, spicy finish. Spicy fiftyServes 1 50ml vanilla vodka – I use Stoli 15ml elderflower cordial ...