Taste test: Easter chocolate
The finest eggs and bunnies tasted and rated for Observer Food Monthly by Michelin-starred chef Hélène Darroze
View ArticleNigel Slater’s five perfect pestle and mortar recipes
Five fine recipes that make full use of your pestle and mortar, from red mullet with roasted garlic aioli to pistachio and honey rolls. By Nigel SlaterNigel Slater
View ArticleWelcome to the April edition of Observer Food Monthly
And don’t forget to vote in our annual awards!Nigel Slater
View ArticleThe Stein family saga: 40 years of the Seafood Restaurant
In the years since Rick and Jill Stein first opened for business in Padstow, they’ve survived a messy divorce and celebrity, while raising three sons. Here, the first family of fish look back and tell...
View ArticleWhy do people get so cross about natural wine?
For some critics it’s the gamey flavours; for others it’s the sometimes sanctimonious ideology. But natural wine is here to stayDavid Williams
View ArticleTaste test: Italian food
High street cheese, prosciutto and more tasted and rated for Observer Food MonthlyRachel Roddy
View ArticleRick Stein’s favourite seafood recipes
To celebrate 40 years of his seafood restaurant, Rick Stein chooses eight of his favourite fish dishes especially for OFM - from a classic soup to steamed scallops
View ArticleDo we worry too much about what we eat?
Nut-free schools, gluten-free diets, careful with the carbs: anxiety around food is on the rise, and it’s not easy to sort the myth from the medical adviceViv Groskop
View ArticleThe chef, his daughter and the 600 allergens
Mum and dad run a top Italian restaurant, their daughter can’t even eat tomatoes. Here’s how the Locatelli family dealt with a life-threatening condition
View ArticleThere’s one photograph all politicians fear: the one of them eating
At one time politicians were allowed to be distant and dignified. And maybe when it comes to consuming food in public, it should remain that way, says Jay RaynerJay Rayner
View ArticleStanley Tucci: Take what’s in front of you and make it something else. That’s...
The Hunger Games actor, director and author of two cookbooks on why he feels settled in London, why preparing food is like art, and being a father, fourth time around, at 54Tim Adams
View ArticleNile Rodgers: in Chic, I was into cocaine and caviar – now it’s Earl Grey
The musician and producer reveals a childhood of kosher cakes and glue sniffing, and a more grown-up addiction to tea. Interview by John HindJohn Hind
View ArticleThe New York pop-up restaurant that takes its dishes from the rubbish bin
Rachel Cooke: Chef Dan Barber is unflinchingly proving that food waste can be deliciously repurposed. My old lettuce, I fear, is beyond help…Rachel Cooke
View ArticleRules for a happy life: never look under a teenager’s bed and never clear out...
Dinky jars of harissa, rice wines and things with furry moulds: all stood as testimony to my lack of commitment as an adventurous cookJay Rayner
View ArticleThe secret life of Australia's top chef
Ben Shewry’s Melbourne restaurant Attica is admired all over the world over – but success did not make him happy, and he nearly walked away from the kitchen. Until he was saved by a fisherman, his love...
View ArticleNigel Slater’s favourite farm
Fern Verrow has been growing brilliant organic produce for 20 years. What’s its secret?Nigel Slater
View ArticleNigel Slater’s favourite recipes from Fern Verrow
Nigel Slater chooses the finest recipes from the organic farmers’ new cookbookNigel Slater
View ArticleLen Deighton's new Cookstrips No 5: porchetta
There are almost as many definitions of porchetta as there are towns in Italy. The common theme is that the pork must have the skin on and be predominantly flavoured with fennel. My version has some...
View ArticleEight delicious, rich and nourishing recipes from Ukraine and beyond
From Soviet goose noodles to stuffed cabbage leaves and a classic borshch – Olia Hercules serves up some her favourite childhood dishesOlia Hercules
View ArticleMeera Syal: Right from the off I was an outsider, forced to think about who I...
She’s just finished a run on stage at the National and her third novel is out soon. Meera Syal discusses childhood, extended families and Delhi house prices with Tim Adams
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