Celia Imrie: ‘I once served my dinner guests deadly nightshade’
Memorable food moments, from curry by moonlight with Maggie Smith and Judi Dench to cornbread with an astronautMy mother was a Debrett’s-listed aristocrat and father a commoner from Glasgow who became...
View ArticleFood’s special relationship: five chefs and their suppliers
From pig farmers in Herefordshire to scallop divers on Mull, Britain’s best suppliers develop a bond with the chefs who put their food on the tableBack in March 2009, Richard Vaughan of Huntsham Farm...
View ArticleA cheeky little wine column
It’s easy to scoff at some descriptions of wine – the trick lies in blending science and artWine talk has long been a soft target for satire. The pomposity and pretension, the anxiety about class, the...
View ArticleThe Los Angeles fast food revolution
How two of America’s smartest cooks, Roy Choi and Daniel Patterson, plan to bring good food and hope into Watts – and beyond – with their LocoL restaurantAn impromptu breakdance circle has emerged in...
View ArticleMichael Pollan: ‘I’m uncomfortable with the foodie label’
With his Netflix documentary series Cooked now out, the award-winning journalist discusses bad food in England in the 70s, and a party with cheese-loving nunsAbout five minutes before Michael Pollan...
View ArticleThe restaurants that shaped my life
I can measure out my life in restaurants from Berni Inns to favourite haunts like Kettner’s. They all tell the story of Britain’s changing tastesNo doubt Nick Jones, the owner of private members’ club...
View ArticleSuper noodles: the rise and rise of ramen
How did a bowl of noodle soup imported from China come to define Japanese food culture? In an extract from his new book, Matt Goulding finds the answerToshiyuki Kamimura eats 400 bowls of ramen a year....
View ArticleVivek Singh and the Indian dishes with stories to tell
Observer Food Monthly joins the Cinnamon Club chef on a Diwali tour of India with recipes – from Kolkata fish curry to Hyderabadi mutton biryani – inspired by his childhoodIt is Kali Puja in Kolkata...
View ArticleA trip to India with chef Vivek Singh - in pictures
Allan Jenkins joins chef Vivek Singh on a Diwali food tour of India, visiting Kolkata and HyderabadContinue reading...
View ArticleCumbrian sheep, Veronese pasta – the protection of food culture can go too far
The mayor of Verona has banned new restaurants selling mostly ‘ethnic’ food - but surely the city’s pasta joints can hold their own against kebabs?Deeply distasteful news arrives from Verona where the...
View ArticleWelcome to March’s Observer Food Monthly
Great recipes plus the OFM 50: our annual list of the people, places and ingredients that are exciting us in the world of food.It’s time for the OFM 50: our annual list of people, restaurants,...
View ArticleTaste test: Easter eggs and hot cross buns
Michel Roux Jr tastes and rates the high street eggs, from children’s favourites to luxury grown-up treatsCharbonnel et WalkerPeter Rabbit Egg115g, £15, selfridges.comBeautiful. This almost looks...
View ArticleNigel Slater’s dreamy cheese recipes
Nigel Slater celebrates the subtler side of cheese, with mascarpone-filled trifles and buratta with chicoryLast week, I sat down to a lunch that included a fresh goats’ cheese, as white as chalk and...
View ArticleLen Deighton’s new Cookstrips No. 15: Cannelés
Great cannelés bring to mind creme brulee: crackling exterior surrounding soft custard. Despite the finicky reputation, they aren’t difficult to make. The trick is knowing, and adjusting for, your...
View ArticleThe OFM 50: what we love about the world of food in 2016
From Heston Blumenthal’s sweet shop to the policeman turned pie-maker, here (in no particular order) are 50 of Observer Food Monthly’s favourite thingsWith rock god hair, skintight jeans and...
View ArticlePeter Gordon's six delicious salad recipes
Chilli-roast sweet potatoes, smoked mackerel with beetroot and more delicious recipes from Peter Gordon’s new cookbook. New Zealand and Britain might be many thousands of miles apart, but when it comes...
View ArticleClaus Meyer: the other man from Noma
The Danish TV cookery show host and entrepreneur helped create the world’s best restaurant and turn Copenhagen into a leading dining destination. Next stop: New YorkIn the centre of Copenhagen is...
View ArticleChris Hoy: ‘If I smell a burger stand, I get nervous – it takes me back to...
The Olympic cyclist on eating 15 Danish pastries while training, plus the food hell of the 1996 Moscow gamesI was desperate to get a black and gold Raleigh Super Burner when I was six but the price was...
View ArticleFor wine producers, small is beautiful – but big is useful
Size isn’t everything in a vineyard – but it mattersWhen it comes to questions of size, there’s a kind of inverse-machismo at work in the wine business. Everybody wants to cultivate that sense of...
View ArticleCaitlin Moran: ’Politics is so dated. It’s like we’re stuck with skiffle and...
She’s working on two film scripts, a TV series and a novel, but can still squeeze in time to talk childhood mealtimes, cross-dressing divas and changing the worldCaitlin Moran apologises that she has...
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