Welcome to the May issue of Observer Food Monthly
If there’s a theme to this month’s OFM, it’s happy people eating wellNigel Slater
View ArticleThe queens of greens: the new wave of cooks proving healthy food can taste great
From sweet potato brownies and sesame chicken salad to old-fashioned bone broth – you don’t have to sacrifice taste to eat wellTim Lewis
View ArticleOlia Hercules and the food of warm Ukrainian summers
The chef and cookbook author on her eastern European childhood and its influence on her recipesSophie Missing
View ArticleA good year for the rosés
Wine producers are taking rosé more seriously. At heart, it’s still the perfect easygoing summer wineDavid Williams
View ArticleAlice Waters: Chez Panisse lost $40,000 in the first year with $30,000 of...
The pioneer chef and restaurateur on her ambition to teach America’s children about the politics of food – and the difficulty of cooking Werner Herzog’s shoeJohn Hind
View ArticleCookery lessons in school have always been rubbish
Jamie Oliver has attacked the standard of cookery classes. But I remember mine, and they were just as useless then too …Rachel Cooke
View ArticleWedding season is here: bring on the crimes against food
Jay Rayner: Let’s stop paying catering firms more than the cost of a Michelin-starred meal for grim chicken and sauces that could creosote fencesJay Rayner
View ArticleNathan Outlaw: We’re lucky - both our children will try any food at least once
The chef on family dinners and household chores – plus his shepherd’s pie recipeBob GranleeseNathan Outlaw
View ArticleDavid Nicholls: Me and Mr Kipling
The million-selling novelist tells how his father’s job at the cake factory put him off baking for lifeKate Kellaway
View ArticleThe supper club from south London - via Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Mozambique
Drawing on their African heritage, three friends are bringing their favourite family recipes – now brought together in a new cookbook – to a wider audienceTim Lewis
View ArticleChefs on the beach: Jeremy Lee on holidays in the Western Isles and Brittany
‘Mum made minces and stews on the beach on Mull’John Hind
View ArticleChefs on the beach: Shuko Oda on holidays in the US and Thailand
‘We went in the hotel kitchen. It had filthy surfaces and there were three cats eating things’John Hind
View ArticleChefs on the beach: Nieves Barragán Mohacho on holidays in Valencia and Brighton
‘The people on the beach in England were much mellower and quieter than the Spanish’John Hind
View ArticleChefs on the beach: Margot and Fergus Henderson on holidays on Tiree
‘Tiree’s about recharging the batteries and sheep and smells and simplicity and memories’John Hind
View ArticleWelcome to Observer Food Monthly’s summer special
Nigel Slater: In our sunny June issue, find out what chefs like to eat on holiday, the best ice creams and which wines and beers to stock up on over the coming months. Plus plenty of great recipes to...
View ArticleSix recipes from The Groundnut Cookbook
From a traditional jollof sauce to tangy pork in tamarind – bring a taste of Africa into your kitchen
View ArticleChefs on the beach: Tom Kerridge’s Isle of Wight summers
‘Holiday food as a kid was fish fingers, chips, beans, burgers, burgers and more burgers’John Hind
View ArticleKate Humble: I have a pathological fear of hard-boiled eggs
The TV presenter on a life of extremes, from eating raw reindeer liver with Siberian nomads to cooking quail with rose petals for her husbandJohn Hind
View ArticleNigel Slater’s hands-on summer recipes
From harissa flatbreads to ice cream sandwiches, some meals demand to be eaten with your hands, says Nigel SlaterNigel Slater
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