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,...

How to use spent corn cobs as a flavouring for barbecued wings – recipe | Waste not

Spent corn cobs produce a subtle, sweet-flavoured smoke that’s ideal for barbecuing just about any meat, and without the need for any special equipment...

Mars brings Marathon name back in UK as nostalgia rises for retro sweets

Depending on your age and resistance to change, potentially it never went away, but 34 years after the shock Snickers rebrand the Marathon bar...

Ageing tastefully: the enduring appeal of old vine wines

“I call them ‘human wines’, not ‘natural wines’,” says renowned winemaker Salvo Foti as we stand in the remote Vigna Bosco, a half-hectare vineyard...

Cocktail of the week: Spin & Shake’s Take me back to London – recipe | The good mixer

This drink combines nostalgia and adventure, and marks the shift from summer to autumn with a delightful blend of palate-pleasing flavours. The vanilla vodka...

Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for blackberry and peanut butter tart | The sweet spot

I’ve got a similar recipe to this tart in my most recent cookbook. That version includes a rich peanut frangipane and is studded with...

How to make a classic French omelette – recipe | Felicity Cloake

It’s odd that in English we have only one word for a dish as multifarious as the omelette, which is used for everything from...