Nigel Slater’s easy summer salad recipes
Spiced couscous, herb frittata and crab with melon – we’re spoiled for choice with seasonal flavoursAlmost everything on the table this month is some sort of salad: steamed grains tossed with ripe...
View ArticleTwo pints of lager and a Michelin star: why gastropubs are roaring back
A new generation of top chefs are forgoing fine-dining restaurants for pub kitchens and the freedom to serve a tasting menu alongside a pint and casual snackIt seemed a peculiar decision when, five...
View ArticleThe struggle to get a good holiday meal is real. Plan ahead | Jay Rayner
We all know how it feels: the restaurant is rammed, the staff are stressed and the food arrives late. Here’s how to avoid holiday miseryLooking forward to your holidays? Of course you are: lazy days by...
View ArticleItalians make stale bread ‘meatballs’ appetising – let’s learn from that
‘Cucina povera’ is written about romantically, but there’s no reason why we can’t cook dishes that are frugal and deliciousBernalda is a small hilltop town in Basilicata, in the south of Italy, the old...
View ArticleBig Zuu: ‘I was a Nando’s griller – it was so hot I was melting like a candle’
The Bafta-winning TV cook on why his food tech teacher was great – and why Michel Roux Jr’s souffle wasn’tBig Zuu’s Big Eats is just a very normal programme that doesn’t take itself too seriously. A...
View Article‘Retirement? Not for me’: meet the top chefs who won’t hang up their aprons
They’ve been working day in, day out, for 30, 40 or even 50 years in some of the best restaurants. What’s their secret?Head chef, Paradise at Daleside, YorkshireContinue reading...
View ArticleIxta Belfrage’s secret ingredient: dried habanero chillies
From stews and broths to custard desserts, the cook and food writer describes how to capture the unique flavour of this staple Mexican seasoningThe smell of habanero chillies is incredible. It is a...
View ArticleJoan Bakewell: ‘Life hasn’t got duller as I’ve got older. Less thrilling,...
The grande dame of broadcasting has, at 89, a new TV series and a book due out. Here she discusses painting, politics and swapping hot dishes with her lockdown neighboursJoan Bakewell sees David...
View ArticleSoy chicken wing noodles, rice bowls, banh mi – Uyen Luu’s budget Vietnamese...
Inspired by the dishes her mother used to make, the cookery writer shares these classic recipes that are delicious, simple and affordableMy family were refugees to the UK. My mum spoke no English and...
View ArticleBeside the seaside: Jay Rayner’s 10 best value places to eat around the...
Oysters in Essex, cheese toasties in Scotland, cod and chips in Cornwall, Jay Rayner on the restaurants, pubs and seafront kiosks worth eating at this summerAs islanders, many of us have an intensely...
View ArticleWelcome to July’s Observer Food Monthly
Meet the enduring chefs who have no intention of having up their aprons and try Uyen Luu’s budget-conscious Vietnamese recipesYou can cook till you drop. Unlike tennis players or racing drivers, a...
View ArticleRoasted with chickpeas, grilled with labneh, baked with coconut – Nigel...
Of all the homegrown seasonal fruit and veg we get in Britain, the tomato is summer’s finest. Here are five dishes that celebrate its versatilityI sometimes think I grow tomatoes for their scent alone....
View ArticleThe 20 best summer wines under £10
Great value whites, reds and fizz on the UK high street, chosen by the Observer’s wine writerThe Co-op Verdicchio dei Castelli de JesiMarche, Italy 2021 (£6, The Co-op)The verdicchio grape grown in...
View ArticleThey play music. They get paid. But you should see the ‘bandwiches’ they get...
Musicians know all about the gig economy – and the grim food that goes with it. He who pays the piper should feed them properly too The online world can be a scary place. For me, one of the internet’s...
View ArticleI’ve started having friends round to eat again and have learned this: perfect...
If you’ve lost the habit of entertaining people at home, liberate yourself from perfection in the kitchen with ‘scruffy hospitality’Email newsletters aren’t really my thing. I’m overwhelmed enough by...
View ArticleAnita Rani: ‘You’re opening your heart to people when you share food’
The Countryfile and Woman’s Hour presenter on her mum’s unrivalled hospitality, Instagram recipes – and why she doesn’t believe in dietingFood is life, in all its forms. Everything in my world, in my...
View ArticleFrom oysters in Argyll to gazpacho in Lichfield – 12 restaurants to try right...
Shuko Oda heads to Brixton for West African fish and pickles, while Mary-Ellen McTague eats local veg in Stockport – top chefs tell us about their new discoveriesChosen by Pamela Brunton, chef and...
View ArticleVivek Singh’s secret ingredient: sattu
The Indian chef and owner of the Cinnamon Club restaurant on the one ingredient his father couldn’t do withoutWhen my father lived away from home, he would often completely live on sattu (roasted...
View ArticleFish tagine, spinach and pine nuts, chocolate almond cake – recipes from the...
More than 20 years after their first collection of recipes, chefs Sam and Sam Clark prove their brand of simple north African and Spanish cooking is – like them – here to stayEveryone loves toast. But...
View ArticleMeet Britain’s best young chefs, the amazing Selby brothers
The siblings behind Evelyn’s Table, the hottest ticket in London’s restaurant world, on the secret of their success – their green-fingered mumAt noon on the first of every month, a slightly frenzied...
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