Don't let coronavirus destroy the UK restaurant industry | Yotam Ottolenghi
We can’t continue to pay rent when we are banned from opening. Government intervention is vital for our survivalCoronavirus latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMany individuals and...
View ArticleWhat makes a restaurant a classic?
During this grim, hopefully fairly brief time when it’s impossible to go out to eat, Jay ponders what it is that the really great places have in commonThroughout a childhood sugar-glazed with comfort,...
View ArticleRestaurants will never be the same after coronavirus – but that may be a good...
Only a fundamental rethink will ensure their survival in the post-outbreak worldCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageI’ve spent the best part of two years now writing obsessively...
View ArticleWho needs a middle-aged woman screaming, “I am scared to go to Morrisons”,...
‘It’s not sunbathers the government should fret over; it’s the millions of us it’ll need to convince, once this is over, to come out, blinking into the light’It struck me, during week four, as I made...
View ArticleDo it like Dishoom: favourite dishes from UK restaurants to cook at home
Set the table! You’re staying in again, but these recipes will make you feel you’re going out to eatDays have never felt so indistinguishable, yet food has remained an anchor for many – baking banana...
View Article10 things the lockdown has taught me about food
I’m always hungry, I love my corner shop – and I really don’t need to buy sumac. Now bring on the Angel Delight…• Coronavirus – latest updatesHaving long thought of myself as someone who cooks a lot,...
View ArticleWill Britain's restaurants survive coronavirus?
For many chefs and restaurateurs the end of lockdown will not be the end of their problems. Here they describe how they’re copingYou need not be blessed with the visual imagination of a poet to look at...
View ArticleKeeping America fed: six workers on life in the thick of the coronavirus crisis
The essential workers manning grocery stores, restaurants, fields and warehouses in their own words Coronavirus – latest US updatesCoronavirus – latest global updatesSee all our coronavirus...
View ArticleSummer fun will still be out there, maybe even the odd restaurant. But will...
‘I’ve found myself dreaming of Pizza Express dough balls. Not the food, but all that it symbolises: friendship and silly, unplanned Friday nights’As I lingered, mask-free, by the pickles at...
View ArticleChain reaction: the ups and downs of Britain’s high street stalwarts | Jay...
It’s easy to sneer at our restaurant chains. Sometimes they deserve it, but sometimes they really hit the spotI am old enough to remember the Wimpy chain in its 1970s table-service pomp: ketchup...
View Article‘We’d go bust in months’: restaurants at a loss over social distancing dilemma
News last week that people will have to be kept two metres apart until Christmas came as a body blow to the hospitality sectorSee all our coronavirus coverageCoronavirus – latest updatesLast Thursday...
View ArticleCan Europe’s restaurants survive the coronavirus lockdown?
Chefs and owners fear bankruptcy as continent’s gastronomic culture remains in limboIf there is such a thing as a European way of life, restaurants like Föllerei in Berlin used to give a pretty good...
View Article'Lockdown feels as if I’ve gone on a bad holiday to a one-star resort with...
‘I crave burgers at some pub. Any pub’It was time to dispose of the aubergine. The one I acquired 39 days ago. Once firm, noble-seeming and purple, it now sat there looking forlorn – mottled in places,...
View ArticleFor the chop: 'dining table revolution' takes aim at food sharing in China
Authorities launch campaign to change communal eating habits after coronavirus Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOn 18 January, about 40,000 families in the neighbourhood of...
View ArticleCan the UK's night-time economy survive the coronavirus pandemic?
With crowds the new enemy, it’s feared thousands of venues have closed their doors for goodSee all our coronavirus coverageOn a normal Saturday thousands of Brummies would be making plans for a night...
View ArticleMy favourite restaurants: a trip down Memory Lane
There have been some real beauties down the years, and not all the best ones were grandAh, hello. How lovely to see you. Welcome to the inside of my head. Forgive the dreadful mess. When you’ve got a...
View ArticlePubs pivot to digital: 'We hope that people feel that the world outside is...
Weekly meat tray giveaways, craft beer deliveries and trivia held over Zoom. As pubs stand empty, those that run them look to the internetAcross Australia, pubs stand empty because of the Covid-19...
View ArticleWhat does it take to get really great service in restaurants?
The first rule is, don’t be a complete schmuck...In the opening chapter of Wine Girl, the hugely entertaining memoir by Victoria James, once America’s youngest sommelier, the author describes a...
View ArticleMy wedding anniversary reminds me of an unmentionable sadness: lost...
We couldn’t go out for a meal, obviously, so we decided to cook Chinese food at home – which led to wonton rule-breaking‘How do you celebrate your wedding anniversary in a lockdown?” my Mr was...
View Article'It’s just not worth opening': restaurants in Australia can trade again, but...
As lockdown restrictions ease in parts of Australia, high-profile restaurateurs and chefs suggest it is not viable to reopen their businessesSign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus emailThe...
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