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Britain's 'bad boy chef' is ready to take a bite out of the Big AppleJo Rodgers talks to Thomas Straker about dying his hair neon pink, serving ‘real’ food and going Stateside.
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It's not all doom and gloom for British farmers — just ask the winemakersThe long, hot summer has yielded a bountiful and uncommonly sweet supply of wine — better even than last year's. England's vintners are rejoicing.
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We're all going coconuts for a Bounty barIt might have been created to whisper seductively of sunshine and sandy beaches, but, on its 75th birthday, the Bounty bar feels distinctly British, says Rob Crossan.
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The oxymoron of luxury tinned tunaYou might think of tinned fish as a European invention. You would be wrong.
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The search for the perfect carrot led me to one of Wiltshire’s loveliest new hotelsPamela Goodman checks in to Teffont House Hotel.
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Pioneering chef Raymond Blanc on never saying no and eating caviar for puddingLotte Brundle meets the French chef and restaurateur.
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Going against the grain: Meet the British bakeries championing ancient and heritage cropsLargely beholden since the 1960s to industrially produced wheat, many British bakeries are now seeing a chance. Tom Howells meets a series of pioneering growers and makers.
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Angela Hartnett: ‘My husband is a better chef than me. He has a little extra edge’Lotte Brundle meets the chef, restaurateur and podcast host.
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Shell we? The dressed crab is smart, splendidly laid back and uniquely BritishAll a freshly caught and picked crab demands is that you dress for success, says Tom Parker Bowles
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What is everyone talking about this week: How Yotam Ottolenghi inspired a vogue for harvest partiesThe chef who taught Britain how to love vegetables is now celebrating them with an annual back-to-school party. Others are following suit.
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Yotam Ottolenghi: ‘I still get stressed about hosting a dinner party'Lotte Brundle meets the chef and restaurateur.
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Down with the breakfast meetingWill Hosie has been a breakfast refusenik since he first learnt the joy of lying in. As Londoners flock to breakfast meetings, can he bring himself to join in the fun?
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No pesticides please, we're British: Organic sector swells with wines the winnerAs the Soil Association kickstarts Organic September, new statistics show a sector that is demonstrably more healthy in terms of value and volume sales compared with conventional food and drink.
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Emily Roux doesn't need her father's help, unless it's looking after the childrenFor Emily Roux and Michel Roux Jr, cooking is a family affair. Lotte Brundle meets the father and daughter duo.
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'The caviar of its day': How the cucumber sandwich conquered tea timeThe popular fixture of the tea table was delighting diners long before Enid Blyton’s young adventurers tucked into them, reveals Deborah Nicholls-Lee
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A brief and compelling history of how whisky took over the worldThe spirit’s journey from illicitly distilled ‘rascally liquor’ to the toast of fashionable London, Tokyo and Mumbai has been a colourful and eventful one, finds Henry Jeffreys.
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What is everyone talking about this week: Is this to be the worst apple harvest in history?Record heat and next to no rainfall all summer means Britain's orchards are set to suffer devastating losses.
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'You can be a great chef, but until you understand where your ingredients come from you don’t know the whole package': Diving for scallops in JerseyThe chef at Longueville Manor Hotel is no ordinary master of the kitchen. Andrew Baird doesn’t only cook with the finest local ingredients, he dives for them, finds Julie Harding.
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'The whole idea was to create a bit of a two fingers to the likes of Whispering Angel': Raise a glass to England's sparkling roséEnglish sparkling rosé is everywhere this summer, but blushing still wines made in this country might soon give Provence a run for its money, too, finds Emma Hughes.
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Meals on wheels: How the railways transformed how we eatFrom fashionable dining cars to hauling fresh produce across Britain, the train has left a permanent mark on British cuisine, argues Emma Hughes.
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Tickled pink: Fill up your glass this summer because English rosé wine is a revelationEmma Hughes suggests a selection of delicious wines grown in local vineyards.
