From the BT Tower to Lyons Corner Houses, a lament for lost restaurants
Even as a child I always wanted to eat at the BT Tower restaurant – and it’s not the only time I’ve yearned for something I just can’t haveRachel Cooke
View ArticleDon’t bang on to me about ethical food if you keep a stash of unfairly traded...
Millennials and urban hipsters love the hashtag #eatclean – but do they apply the same standards to their grass and coke?Jay Rayner
View ArticleHow good does a cooking wine have to be?
It’s not the quality but the composition that counts when you’re unleashing your inner Keith FloydDavid Williams
View ArticleCerys Matthews: I’m forever on my hands and knees getting food off my records
The singer and 6 Music presenter on proper curries and childhood foodJohn Hind
View ArticleWelcome to the August issue of Observer Food Monthly
This month, we celebrate the height of summer with beautifully simple recipes from one of Britain’s unsung culinary heroes, Sally Clarke, a peek at Heston Blumenthal’s magical new plans, and cheap and...
View ArticleSix simple recipes from a Korean kitchen
From pan-fried mackerel to a speedy cucumber kimchi, try these delicious dishes by Jordan Bourke and Rejina Pyo
View ArticleSally Clarke: ‘I thought I’d just run this little dive for a while’
Sally Clarke is an unsung hero of British food, her cooking a masterclass in simplicity. No wonder her restaurant was Lucian Freud’s favourite hauntRachel Cooke
View ArticleFrom fork to fork: five cooks and their kitchen gardens
Some chefs can’t wait to escape the restaurant so they can retreat into their backyard, their rooftop, even their front steps, and surround themselves with … food!John Hind
View ArticleNigel Slater’s summer dishes to keep your cool
Take the heat out of the kitchen with sliced steak, tomatoes, melon and moreNigel Slater
View ArticleWash, clean, scrub: Can Jay Rayner hack life as a kitchen porter?
The Observer restaurant critic is used to life on the other side of the kitchen door. So how would a hard shift on the hottest day of the year work out?Jay Rayner
View ArticleSix classic recipes from Sally Clarke
Leek vinaigrette, salmon with fennel, lemon and dill and a Russian salad - Sally Clarke’s recipes combine simple ingredients to make stunning dishesSally Clarke
View ArticleFrozen in Time: Jane Fonda in France, June 1967
Jane Fonda at her French farmhouse During a break from filming Barbarella, the Hollywood star was snapped cooking for her glamorous guestsAlex Clark
View ArticleHeston Blumenthal interview: the Fat Duck flies again
Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck changed British restaurants for ever. As he prepares to re-open in Bray, can he do it all over again? With help from magician Derren Brown, a psychologist and a ‘font...
View ArticleLen Deighton's new Cookstrips No.8: Vegan mains
Len Deighton’s new CookstripsLen Deighton
View ArticleWhy my fridge makes me feel guilty
There’s a solitary Magnum in the ice-box and tomatoes losing flavour on a shelf – too many of my bad habits are a result of this domestic applianceRachel Cooke
View ArticleLearn to make a soufflé? I’ve got better things to do
I’ve reached an age where I can proudly say there are certain things in life that it’s just not worth startingJay Rayner
View ArticleLen Deighton's new Cookstrips No.9: Pheasant Two Ways
Len Deighton’s new CookstripsLen Deighton
View ArticleWelcome to September’s Observer Food Monthly
Warm up for autumn with some simple spicy Chinese recipes from Pimlico’s Andrew Wong, a tour of Mexico’s finest ingredients and an exclusive extract from my new collection of recipes, A Year of Good...
View ArticleTaste test: classic cakes
One of the founders of Honey and Co tastes and rates supermarket bakes, from victoria sponges to cheesecakes and chocolate cakesSarit Packer
View ArticleNigel Slater: Cooking is a joyous, lifelong pleasure
Nigel Slater’s new book A Year of Good Eating: the Kitchen Diaries III is a celebration of the joys of cooking. Here, he introduces our exclusive extractNigel Slater
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