The great Christmas taste test 2017
Observer Food Monthly’s bumper review of high street cheese, chocolates, pies, cakes, puddings and more. And yes, our star reviewers shall go to the ball …My taste buds are in absolute revoltContinue...
View ArticleVegetarian Christmas feast: recipes from Bruno Loubet
Mushroom, kimchi and sweet potato pie, beetroot ravioli and other family favourites from the celebrated chefWhen Bruno Loubet’s mother died – “she was very old,” he clarifies, swiftly – his brothers...
View ArticleIs being a chef bad for your mental health?
Brutal pressure at work is causing depression in many chefs. In one survey, more than half said they took painkillers or drink to get through shifts. What is happening behind the kitchen doors?In...
View ArticleThe 50 best Christmas wines for 2017
Observer Food Monthly’s selection of the best bottles from high street bargains to the top of the rangeDe Bortoli DB Family Reserve Botrytis Semillon, New South Wales, Australia 2013 (£6.98, 37.5cl,...
View ArticleNicola Adams: ‘I can’t start a family while I’m still boxing. But it’s...
The double Olympic champion on early family battles, the psychology of the ring, and the two women who have been the bedrock of her lifeA tracksuited Nicola Adams walks into 34 Mayfair in the West End...
View ArticleReggie Yates: When I was an inmate in Texas, breakfast was disgusting
The actor, DJ and documentary maker on dieting with Siberian models and loving a cheeky pina coladaI went to Ghana for the first time at four or five years old. My mother wasn’t with my father any more...
View ArticleNigel Slater’s guide to Christmas part 1: the turkey
Essential festive recipes and tips from Observer Food Monthly. Today, roast turkey and sweet potato stuffing. Part 2: the gooseNothing can extinguish the frisson of Christmas Day. The gravy is...
View ArticleThe rise of vinegar: from staple to status symbol
Out goes balsamic, in come flavoured vinegars and even making your own, all a side effect of fermentation being the infatuation of the culinary nationVinegar used to be such a straightforward thing: a...
View ArticleNigel Slater’s Christmas: roast goose, apple sauce, stuffing & gravy
Nigel Slater’s festive recipes and tips for Observer Food Monthly. Today, roast goose with apple sauce, lemon potato stuffing and marsala gravyPart 1: the turkeyI love the smell of a goose as it...
View ArticleNigel Slater’s Christmas guide part 3: fish pie
More festive tips and recipes from Observer Food Monthly. Today, hot smoked fish and leek piePart 1: the turkeyPart 2: the gooseIt has long been a tradition in our house to have a fish pie on Christmas...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2017: Best New Cookbook – Fresh India by Meera Sodha
Meera Sodha’s dazzling take on the food of her heritage is voted Best New Cookbook by OFM readers. Plus three of her classic Indian recipes, via ScunthorpeMeera Sodha has made turmeric lattes and a...
View ArticleNigel Slater’s Christmas recipes: Ham and cauliflower, apricot chutney
The final instalment of OFM’s essential festive recipes – quince-glazed ham with cauliflower and dill, plus a festive chutneyServes 6 hot (and a further 6 cold) gammon, rolled and tied 2.5kgquince...
View ArticleChristmas gift ideas for foodies
Observer Food Monthly’s choice of gift ideas for Christmas 2017, from stocking fillers and budget presents to no-expense-spared treatsContinue reading...
View ArticleMy 10 Christmas food commandments
Thou shalt eat trifle on Boxing Day – and thou shalt not serve Christmas pudding. It’s the law, as laid down by Jay RaynerFor boring technical reasons to do with him predating the birth of Jesus by...
View ArticleJustin Gellatly's indulgent Christmas baking recipes
Finnish spiced biscuits, boozy macadamia and brown butter cake, orange and ginger amaretti: 6 seasonal recipes from OFM’s favourite bakerI’ve always been massively into Christmas. When I was growing...
View ArticleThe best thing I ate in 2017
From Jamie Oliver to Nadiya Hussain, a star cast select their highlights of the year: roast pork in Tahiti, poached brain in Paris, crisps in Cambridgeshire …Stuffed squid, Salina, SicilyJamie Oliver:...
View ArticleThe 20 best food books of 2017
From Ottolenghi’s cakes to Locatelli’s home cooking, here, in no particular order, are Observer Food Monthly’s picks of the yearPhaidon, £29.95Continue reading...
View ArticleSara Pascoe: ‘All my ex-boyfriends become vegan, and it’s really annoying’
The comedian on food ethics, dieting – and running away to see Take ThatMy earliest food memory is being starving hungry after swimming. I think that’s quite common with children: the second you’re out...
View ArticleThe best whisky for Christmas and New Year 2017
From Scotland to Japan, the best buys for the festive seasonThe Scots have an appealingly philosophical way of looking at weather. You can hear it in that most consolingly poetic, dram-half-full of...
View ArticleWelcome to the December issue of Observer Food Monthly
The best of baking and seasonal Christmas tales grace this month’s magazineThe generous have left their blinds and shutters open, offering passers-by a glimpse of their Christmas tree. A glowing beacon...
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