Taste Test: from lemon tart to tiramisu, the best supermarket puds
Cookery writer Georgina Hayden picks up her spoon to taste and rate high-street dessertsContinue reading...
View ArticleKarl Ove Knausgaard: ‘I don’t know why more people don't read Mein Kampf’
‘There is no chance that anyone could become a Nazi by reading that book,’ says the Norwegian author who discusses his autobiographical novels, his love of schnitzel and Liverpool FCFor anyone who has...
View ArticleWelcome to September’s Observer Food Monthly
This month, the dishes River Cafe’s Joe Trivelli cooks at home, and what Brexit means for foodIn this month’s issue, Jay Rayner tries to unravel the unholy tangle of Brexit. In particular, what it will...
View ArticleWhat climate change means for the wine industry
The warmer weather may benefit English vineyards, but winemakers from Bordeaux to California are struggling. Here are six wines rising to the challengeOne of the ways the British media covers climate...
View ArticleNigel Slater's warming autumn recipes
The change of seasons finds Nigel Slater contentedly back in a hot kitchen, preparing duck with figs, pot roast pork and apple and blackberry crumbleThe light coming into the kitchen is golden once...
View ArticleLet’s abolish school holidays. It’ll save you feeding the children
What is the least you can get away with giving your kids for lunch at half-term before it starts looking like neglect?Before we get going let’s accept that we all love our kids and wish only the best...
View ArticleDavid Byrne: ‘My agent says I’m having a Leonard Cohen moment’
Milan’s most chi-chi restaurant is shut on Monday lunchtimes – unless you’re very special. Observer Food Monthly spends an afternoon in Byrne’s worldConsidering he once made an album called More Songs...
View ArticleMaggie Aderin-Pocock: ‘On a Chilean peak-top observatory, I’d go out and eat...
The astronomer and Sky at Night presenter on alien diets, 3D food printers and living with a severe dairy allergyMy parents split up when I was four. I sometimes lived with my mum, sometimes with my...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2018: Best Restaurant – Hang Fire Southern Kitchen, Barry
Creole gumbo and Dolly Parton’s favourite brisket, served in the Deep South of Wales, and voted by OFM readers as their restaurant of the yearBest Restaurant – the runners-up“We call it San Fran...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2018: Best Food Personality – Jack Monroe
Author, activist, scourge of trolls… the campaigner gets 3,000 messages and letters a day – and has been voted by OFM readers as personality of the yearI’m busier than I’ve ever known myself to be,”...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2018: Best Restaurant – the runners-up
OFM readers voted for their favourites from around the UK – from The Gingerman in Brighton to The Whitehouse in the Scottish HighlandsBest Restaurant 2018 Little Viet Kitchen, IslingtonNot your...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2018: Best Sunday Lunch – runners-up
The UK’s best roasts, veggie options and more, as voted for by OFM readersBest Sunday Lunch 2018The Castle, WalthamstowEastenders love the relaxed atmosphere and, increasingly rare in London, the...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2018: Best Sunday Lunch – Queen o’ t’ owd Thatch, South Milford
It’s all about the Yorkshires in this village pub, voted by OFM readers as their favourite spot for Sunday lunchBest Sunday Lunch – the runners-upWe’re very Yorkshire about our Sunday roasts,” says...
View ArticleWelcome to the OFM Awards 2018 issue
From star names to local favourites, a celebration of the inspiring work of this year’s winnersWelcome to our annual awards issue. This year our worthy winners come from Barry and Belfast, Sheffield...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2018: Best New Cookbook – The Modern Cook’s Year by Anna Jones
Anna Jones was nervous about telling chef friends she was going vegetarian. Her third brilliant book, voted the year’s best by readers, vindicates her decisionWhen Anna Jones published her first...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2018: Best Cheap Eats – the runners-up
From fish and chips in Nottingham to quesadillas in Edinburgh – readers’ favourite places to eat for under £15Best Cheap Eats 2018Well Kneaded, BatterseaA repeat runner-up, it’s the vintage van selling...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2018: Outstanding Achievement – Nishkam Swat
They started out serving 40 biryanis from the back of a van. Now they’re feeding the homeless in 13 locations across the countryI met Randeep Lall where he has been most Sunday evenings for the past...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2018: Best Cheap Eats – Bia Rebel, Belfast
Taking a Japanese classic like ramen and adding Irish flavours may sound like a food revolution too far. But not for this Belfast crewBest Cheap Eats – the runners-up‘Bia’ means food in Irish, but...
View ArticleNigel Slater’s autumnal polenta recipes
This golden-hued grain is the perfect base for warming, satisfying meals. Here are 5 recipes to dish it up with scallops, taleggio and apricot cakesIt isn’t just fresh produce that is seasonal. There...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2018: Best Place to Drink – the runners-up
From experimental cocktails in Manchester to rum in Belfast – readers vote for their favourite watering holesBest Place to Drink 2018Eve Bar, Covent GardenUnder Adam Handling’s The Frog is a dark den...
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