How Kids Company feeds Britain’s hungry children
Every week, thousands of children rely on Kids Company for their main meal of the day. They come to be fed, to learn how to cook, and to find a safe place to be a child. Jay Rayner reportsJay Rayner
View ArticleSix of the best island wines
Cruise around the Canaries or the Med and you’ll be well rewarded with distinctive wines, says David WilliamsDavid Williams
View ArticleThere’s poetry in peas
Rachel Cooke: A book of verse written in the kitchen has pierced my heart like a skewer. But I’m still puzzled by its infatuation with blackcurrant leavesRachel Cooke
View ArticleHoward Jacobson: I’m greedy in my pleasures. I’ve left nothing on my plate
The award-winning author measures out his life in Indian restaurants, with favourites in Pretwich, Wolverhampoton and Syndey. He also cooks a decent moussaka, says Kate Kellaway
View ArticleWelcome to February’s Observer Food Monthly
Nigel Slater: Our kids special this month has Claire Thomson’s recipes to tantalise young tastebuds, a look at what the professionals feed their children and Jay Rayner’s report on charity Kids...
View ArticleChristmas gifts for food lovers: presents for the Bake Off fan
Gifts for guaranteed showstoppers, every time
View ArticleLen Deighton's new Cookstrips No 2: pasteís de bacalhau
When I first went to the Algarve in the early 60s the nearest airport was Gibraltar and these pastéis were a local treat, says Len DeightonLen Deighton
View ArticleChristmas gifts for food lovers: presents for the Bake Off fan
Gifts for guaranteed showstoppers, every time
View ArticleIt’s Mother’s Day – and no one’s better suited to tasting your kitchen...
Jay Rayner: Across the country, terrible meals will be served up today in an atmosphere of anxiety and desperation. Never mind – just get on with itJay Rayner
View ArticleChristmas gifts for food lovers: presents for the Bake Off fan
Gifts for guaranteed showstoppers, every time
View ArticleLen Deighton's new Cookstrips No 3: Boudin à la Crème
The hardest part about boudin is finding fresh pig’s blood, says Len Deighton Len Deighton
View ArticleThe OFM 50: the 50 hottest places, people and trends in food
Observer Food Monthly’s favourite things, all in one place: from the best chef in the Outback to Cumbria’s most followed shepherd and brilliant Chinese buns in Paris. Plus why it really is the year of...
View ArticleWelcome to Observer Food Monthly’s March issue
It’s the OFM 50, our choice of the hottest people, trends and places in food this year. And we have Mary Berry and a celebration of the life of Jane Grigson, writes Nigel SlaterNigel Slater
View ArticleNigel Slater’s five vegetarian recipes
From feta with spinach and blood orange to baked dal and sweet potato – you won’t miss your meat with these five delicious dishes, says Nigel SlaterNigel Slater
View ArticleMary Berry: baking is physical and mental therapy
As her 80th birthday approaches, the Bake Off star reflects on food, family and life. Interview by John HindJohn Hind
View ArticleA rum do in the Raj of Indian Summers
Rachel Cooke: The lush settings of TV’s Indian Summers turn my mind to cocktails on the verandah and one big question: who did cook the roast beef?Rachel Cooke
View ArticleBulgaria, Romania and the new wave of wine
Winemaking in the Soviet satellites fell from grace in the late 1990s, but there has been a resurgence led by an exotic cast of aristocrats and Brits, says David WilliamsDavid Williams
View ArticleKazuo Ishiguro: I used to see myself as a musician. But really, I’m one of...
The novelist on self-reinvention, writing lyrics and his new book The Buried Giant. Interview by Kate KellawayKate Kellaway
View ArticleJane Grigson: her life and legacy
Twenty-five years after her death, the revered Observer cookery writer remains an enduring influence on British food. By Rachel CookeRachel Cooke
View ArticleEight egg recipes to go to work on
A rich chocolate, orange and almond cake, easy lentil curry, perfect toad in the hole: brilliant recipes based around the simplest of ingredients. By Blanche Vaughan
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