Taste test: high street ice cream
Ice cream that ‘tastes like death’, frozen yogurt that’s like tea bags. But whose sorbet tastes of ‘good mangoes’? The founder of La Grotta Ices rates summer treatsKitty Travers
View ArticleThe 10 best summer beers
From craft IPAs to Scottish lager, 10 of the season’s best to slake your thirstDavid Williams
View Article40 best summer drinks: fizz
The 10 best champagnes and sparkling wines to buy this summerDavid Williams
View Article40 best summer drinks: white wine
The 10 best white wines to buy this summerDavid Williams
View ArticleWhy manuka is a taste of money
Rachel Cooke: Even children now know that manuka, the honey choice of celebrities, is hyped and overpriced. So, what’s Gwyneth going to do now?Rachel Cooke
View Article‘Cows have their own personalities’: tales from the Devon farmers
How three family-run farms are responding to supermarket price wars and changing technologyRobert McCrum
View ArticleWhat’s so bad about ‘processed food’?
Some food campaigners should mind their language just as much as they mind what they eatJay Rayner
View ArticleWelcome to July’s Observer Food Monthly
Summer’s here with A Bake Off special, and new recipes from Anna Jones and Jacob Kenedy. And Jay Rayner reports on how a change in diet has transformed one school’s previously challenging...
View ArticleBake Off’s Mel and Sue: It’s just a show about cakes – but it means a lot to...
As The Great British Bake Off returns, its presenters Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc talk of friendship, succeess – and how a baked alaska ended up on NewsnightEva Wiseman
View ArticleBake Off’s Paul and Mary: We just work in a tent, judging bread
With the hit show returning to BBC1, Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry discuss their yin and yang appeal and the show’s ‘dysfunctional family’Eva Wiseman
View Article'It's the food that makes me happy': delicious new vegetarian recipes from...
Anna Jones’s first cookbook was an OFM favourite. Here’s an exclusive extract from her follow-up, A Modern Way to Cook: brilliant meat-free recipes, from Buddha bowls to saffron apricotsAnna Jones
View ArticleThe lunchtime revolution at a school for children with autism
School meals can be tricky. Now, thanks to a remarkable Brazilian chef, one west London school for children with autism has changed mealtimes for the betterJay Rayner
View ArticleNigel Slater’s five summer fruit puddings
Summertime and the puddings are easy. From blackcurrant buns to chilled rice with apricots, Nigel Slater has brilliant recipes for the soft-fruit and berry seasonNigel Slater
View ArticleShami Chakrabarti: My parents never skimped on hospitality
The cheerfully argumentative Liberty director got her commitment to human rights from her parents. But their kitchen skills didn’t pass down so easilyTim Adams
View ArticleOlly Murs: So Simon Cowell cooked me this curry …
The singer and X Factor host on his indifferent cooking and family SundaysJohn Hind
View ArticleMay 1986: Withnail demands cake and fine wine – and an enduring cult classic...
The much-loved Penrith tea room scene from Withnail & I (actually filmed at a chemists’ in Milton Keynes)Euan Ferguson
View ArticleJacob Kenedy’s favourite Italian recipes
The Bocca di Lupo chef’s food and family are steeped in the culture of Rome. Here, he shares stories and recipes from his new restaurant, inspired by the Eternal CityJacob Kenedy
View ArticleThe joys of DIY wine blending
Judicious home blending of budget bottles can make the difference between borderline acceptable and pleasantly palatableDavid Williams
View ArticleLen Deighton's new Cookstrips No.7: Pâté de Campagne
Len Deighton’s new CookstripsLen Deighton
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