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,...

Nigel Slater’s recipes for pork and peppers, and potatoes, dill and mustard

I return from the shops with a bag of peppers in turning shades of orange and red, plump fruits begging to be stuffed and...

Panda’s Kitchen, London: ‘It demands your full attention’ – restaurant review

Panda’s Kitchen, 152 Station Road, Harrow HA1 2RH (pandas.kitchen). Starters £6.50-£12.80; large dishes £10.80-£26.80; desserts £5.50-£6.50; wine from £19; Tsingtao beer £4.50 We all find...