Are we really drinking more wine during the coronavirus crisis?
Home drinking is up, but overall sales are plummeting. Meanwhile, some enterprising producers are turning to webinar tastings to keep customers happyHave the British turned to drink in the current...
View ArticleFamily cooking under coronavirus: 'I've become a chef with two grumpy regular...
Cooking and clearing up has been relentless – and that’s without adding a special birthday cake to my range of signature dishesI’m sitting down to write this having just cleaned fox poo out of the tiny...
View ArticleNigel Slater's top 10 spring recipes
His best-loved dishes that make the most of what we have right now: shoulder of lamb, haddock fishcakes, banana tarts with cardamom creamMaybe I should stand still more often. A few moments to stop and...
View ArticleOven chips, pork belly, spaghetti … I am the lockdown recipe king
I have nailed three key dishes. You can have a go at them while I step outside to work them off… Beaten into the lawn of my back garden, hard against the low wall up from the patio, are two footprints...
View ArticleJoe Wicks: 'I’ve opened up my mind to all foods – except tinned tuna'
The lockdown workout star has come a long way from his chaotic childhood and a very unhealthy dietAs a kid I had a very unhealthy diet. I try not to place any blame. Mum was uneducated in cooking. She...
View ArticleWhy you'll always find me in the kitchen during lockdown
Since coronavirus took all my other pleasures away, food has never tasted more delicious I’ve always been more than usually alert to the human appetite, and not only because I’ve long since learned to...
View ArticleIn the family: the chefs and restaurateurs following in father's footsteps
To celebrate Father’s Day, Jess and Richie Corrigan, Nathan Outlaw and Missy Malik-Flynn talk about how their upbringings influenced their career choicesRichard Corrigan is an Irish chef and...
View ArticleFrom panic buying to food banks: how Britain fed itself in the first phase of...
From farmers to supermarket chiefs to frontline workers, this is the inside story of the food supply chain and Covid-19. Were we prepared for the storm – and what happens next? Coronavirus – latest...
View ArticleLen & Alex Deighton’s Mexican Cookstrips: Quesadillas
Len: The American ones have too much cheese. Alex: Remember that perfect one in Oaxaca with the courgette blossoms? Len: I remember you ate it all before I got any.Len Deighton is the author of the...
View ArticlePlaying with fire: Gill Meller’s barbecue recipes
Spicy lamb kofta, fennel-flavoured fish, ember-roasted onions: cooking over fire makes everything taste better in the summerMaking a fire and cooking something good to eat on it feels like one of the...
View ArticleKeep it simple: what I've learned from cooking with chefs online
Watching Massimo Bottura cook at home is a confidence-builder for amateurs – but a melancholy reminder of the restaurant meals we’re missingThe last time I watched Massimo Bottura on Instagram, life in...
View ArticleWelcome to June’s Observer Food Monthly
Great summer recipes and the inside story of Britain’s food supply during the coronavirus lockdownDuring lockdown, many chefs and cookery writers have taken to the internet, with demonstrations, Zoom...
View ArticleThe 20 best wines for summer 2020
Budget fizz, elegant rosés, the best whites and reds … perfect for sipping in the sunAldi Organic Prosecco Italy 2016 (£7.99, Aldi)From £10 champagnes to off-the-beaten-track French crémant, Aldi has a...
View ArticleOFM's classic cookbook: The Greens Cookbook by Deborah Madison
Deborah Madison was a pioneer of meat-free menus. David Tanis recalls the pleasures of her San Francisco restaurant’s cookbookDeborah Madison is one of the most prolific food writers, beloved by...
View ArticleNigel Slater's recipes to eat outside
Creamy burrata with basil, grilled tahini chicken, plus a pistachio ricotta cake – summer dishes perfect to eat in the gardenAs we slip from seemingly endless spring into summer, lunch and dinner...
View ArticleScrape, slice, deglaze… some kitchen tasks are just so satisfying
It’s the simple things that give me pleasure while cooking – and even improve my sense of wellbeingAfter another shapeless, meandering day of working from home, trying to read the entire internet by...
View ArticleNigel Slater's summer Sunday roast recipes
Heat up a summer weekend with lamb and Mediterranean herbs or sea bass stuffed with spinach, then cool off with apricot ice-creamDeep summer, but I still want a Sunday roast. That said, my roast will...
View ArticleAndi Oliver: 'When people are in trauma, they need the love of food'
The chef and broadcaster on the horrors of rural Suffolk in the 1970s, cooking with her best friend Neneh Cherry and the only way to eat oystersI remember standing on the stool next to Mum and making...
View ArticleMy first restaurant meal since lockdown was strange and joyful
Spontaneity may be off the menu, but eating out again meant an evening of solidarity and gratitudeI’m not sure I would have gone out for dinner on so-called “Super Saturday” had it not been for the...
View ArticleSafety first: the future of Britain's restaurants
Eating out is back – but the changes facing both customers and staff are immense. How is the new normal shaping up?Ordinarily, the opening weekend of a food destination as ambitious as Escape to...
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