Feet, glands, shanks, tripe. That's what I like to eat | Fergus Henderson
On the eve of collecting a global lifetime achievement award, the pioneer of modern British cooking explains how he came to adopt his 'nose to tail' philosophy 20 years agoAs Glenn Miller tirelessly...
View Article'World's best restaurant': is there really such a thing?
Restaurant magazine's annual top-50 list may have transformed the fortunes of chefs; most famously, Ferran Adria's El Bulli. But, as we await the announcement of 2014's No 1 restaurant, not everybody...
View ArticleNoma regains its crown as world's best restaurant but Brits are coming
Heston Blumenthal's Dinner climbs two places to fifth, while The Ledbury climbs three to 10 as Danes back on topTwo British restaurants are for the first time named in the top 10 of the coveted, if...
View ArticleWorld's 50 best restaurants list: a menu of predictable names for the food bores
To the normal restaurant-goer this industry wheeze is a dish of hyperbole topped off with a sprinkling of FomoSo it's Noma, is it? Again? I'm trying very hard to care about the winner of 2014's world's...
View ArticleWhy Attica is Australia's best restaurant
The Melbourne eatery is the only venue in the country to make a global top 50 and with macadamia nut dip to die for and 10 types of basil, no wonderAttica in Melbourne has retained its crown as...
View ArticleWiltons, London SW1 restaurant review | Marina O'Loughlin
'I've no idea who the chef is. Wiltons is above all that stuff. It's about the customer, about making them feel like the potentates they probably are'A woman swoops past in a snood. I don't mean a cool...
View ArticleOn my radar: Mary Lynn Rajskub's cultural highlights
The comedian, singer and star of TV's 24 on the appeal of escapism, being won over by The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and how Martin Creed made her son's dayMary Lynn Rajskub is a 42-year-old actress,...
View ArticleArtusi: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
Fresh and buzzy a brilliant new restaurant just happens to be in Jay's neighbourhood he's not being lazy161 Bellenden Road, London SE15 (020 3302 8200). Meal for two, including wine and service: £80I...
View ArticleTable for one? Restaurant offers giant stuffed animals for company
In an attempt to combat loneliness, a restaurant in Japan is offering its solo diners enormous stuffed animals to sit oppositeHate staring blankly at that empty restaurant seat? Always end up spilling...
View ArticleWhich restaurant chains have gone halal and why?
The likes of KFC and Tesco are simply meeting demand. But consumers should be told what they are eatingThe Sun's story is a half-baked attempt to provoke outrageDespite recent reports to the contrary,...
View ArticleWould you mind eating halal meat? | Poll
With the Sun splash on Wednesday telling readers that Pizza Express serves halal meat, a debate about the practice has begun. It has been argued that stricter versions of the halal process don't allow...
View ArticleHatch & Sons and The Greenhouse, Dublin - restaurant review
'Yes, it's fayn daynin', yes, it has tasting menus and sommeliers, but the Greenhouse manages to avoid the pole-up-the-jacksie stuffiness of Dublin's other haute establishments'With the Celtic Tiger's...
View ArticleBig Easy: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
Housed in a former power station in London's Covent Garden, Big Easy adds real fire power to its brand of American BBQ12 Maiden Lane, London WC2 (020 3728 4888). Meal for two, including drinks and...
View ArticleTop 10 budget restaurants in Rio de Janeiro
Many of Rio's restaurants will be cashing in during the World Cup, but away from the main tourist areas you can find great food and loads of local character at affordable pricesThis Amazonian juice and...
View ArticleSquare plates take my temperature to 90° | Katie Burnetts
I'm with the MasterChef judge William Sitwell on this. I want food, on a plate, no frills and definitely no cornersAh, Café Rouge I miss you, old pal. And your sisters, Bella Pasta and Zizi. If you...
View ArticleSpelt flour 'wonder grain' set for a price hike as supplies run low
Grain could disappear from British shelves as surge in global demand outstrips supplyIt's a centuries-old superfood and "wonder grain" that sustained Roman soldiers as they marched and which has...
View ArticleHave you noticed how Britain's best food has now become affordable?
Where foodies once used to salivate at the idea of spending hundreds of pounds on an elite dining experience, some of the best eating these days is to be done on the cheapIt is a remote possibility. I...
View ArticleWhen is a crab not a crab?
A customer's crabby experience at a chain restaurant is no great surprise with food, as with everything, you get what you pay forIn the late 1980s, a new "delicatessen" opened near our house in...
View ArticleThe Ubiquitous Chip, Glasgow restaurant review | Marina O'Loughlin
'Stovies shouldn't be treated this way, all tidy and puck-shaped. It's like trying to ram Rab C Nesbitt into a pair of Spanx'During my dazzling career as doyenne of front of house or waitress, as we...
View ArticleRestaurant review: Camp and Furnace | Jay Rayner
With its remarkable building and great location, it's hard to worry about the food on your plate at Camp and Furnace67 Greenland Street, Liverpool (0151 708 2990). Meal for two, with drinks and...
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