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,...

Fairtrade charity says people are making ‘conscious’ choice to buy its products

Nearly 70% of UK adults have bought Fairtrade products such as bananas, tea or coffee in the past year despite pressure on personal finances,...

How to turn stale bread into pasta – recipe

The Italians are longtime masters of zero-waste cooking, and many of their most classic dishes are naturally thrifty and waste-averse. They have numerous bread-saving...

Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for white cabbage, peanut butter and gochujang noodles | The new vegan

I wrote this recipe for all the students heading back to university this week, but it’s too nice to withhold from everyone else, especially...

Drinking wine to 5: Dolly Parton launches prosecco and rosé range in UK

Whether it’s 9 to 5, Jolene or Islands in the Stream, Dolly Parton fans are no stranger to belting out her hits with a...

Yotam Ottolenghi’s tinned fish recipes for students

Good-quality oily fish, packed in (even more) oil and preserved in a jar or tin: in my book, that’s the pantry staple gift that...

EU failing to enforce illegal fishing rules, say campaigners

Campaigners have said that the EU is failing to enforce rules on illegal fishing, and allowing member states to conceal information that could help...