Aesop scents, books that are Bitter, Crafty cafe | The Grazer
Jennifer McLagan’s Bitter book, edible Aesop scent ingredients; Stevie Parle and Tom Dixon’s upcoming Craft London complex... a taste of what we like this week at CookJennifer McLagan is a writer with...
View ArticleSom Saa, London E8 – restaurant review | Marina O’Loughlin
‘I tend to steer clear of pop-ups and supperclubs: if they’re good enough, they’ll eventually make it to bricks and mortar. But I’ll make an exception for this remarkable sort-of restaurant’To find Som...
View ArticleBrassica, Beaminster, Dorset: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
Dorset reminds Jay Rayner of family holidays in the 70s, but Brassica gives him the chance to make some new memoriesFor seven years from 1970 my family went on holiday to a hotel overlooking Studland...
View ArticleOn my radar: Sam Lee’s cultural highlights
Musician Sam Lee on Robert Macfarlane’s books, Knockengorroch World Ceilidh, plant consciousness and the most amazing vegetarian breakfastSam Lee grew up in London and studied art at Chelsea College of...
View ArticleEating out in New York City – by Instagram
Hannah Summer casts aside the guidebook and – armed only with a smartphone and her Instagram account – takes a giant bite out of New YorkWhen I lost my irreplaceable NYC guide, the city came to my...
View ArticleJapanese cuisine's dirty secret: fried chicken and bar snacks
Japanese cuisine isn’t all raw fish and seaweed. Southern comfort food such as chicken karaage and buttery fish-roe pasta are increasingly popular across the country – and now it is available in the US...
View ArticleNo pubs on new motorway: from the archive, 16 April 1959
Alcoholic drinks to be served only with meals in motorway service areasThe construction of licensed premises or bars will not be permitted on the London-Birmingham motorway, but lessees of each of the...
View ArticleSt Mary’s Inn, Morpeth – restaurant review
‘Gaffe after gaffe would indicate, yes, the eye has very much swivelled off the ball’Well, this is a curious place. There’s being in the middle of nowhere, and then there’s being in the middle of...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2015: prizes
Everyone who votes in the 2015 Observer Food Monthly awards has the chance to win one of the many exclusive prizes including a week at Cuisinart’s luxury resort, a meal at the chef’s table in Odette’s,...
View ArticleIntroducing the Observer Food Monthly Awards 2015
Observer Food Monthly editor Allan Jenkins introduces this year’s awardsVote nowRead more about this year’s categoriesNow in their 12th year, the Observer Food Monthly Awards reward the best in British...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2015: details of this year’s categories
View this year’s awards categories including best restaurant, best Sunday lunch, reader’s recipe and best food photographyVote nowThe winners of the following categories will be chosen by readers –...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2015: judges
The well-known chefs and experts judging your favourite food heroesVote nowRead more about this year’s categoriesAndrew Fairlie, chef and owner, Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, Gleneagles, ScotlandAndrew...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2015: key information
Full details of the OFM awards 2015Vote nowRead more about this year’s categoriesVoting launches on 19 April 2015.Voting closes at midnight on 30 June 2015.Judging will take place in July 2015.Winners...
View ArticleIt's all Greek: the modern restaurants serving more than moussaka
From Greek tapas to an Athenian grill house and souvlaki street food, the UK has come a long way from rubbery halloumi and sad-looking saladFor decades, Greek food in the UK was rubbish. As a Greek...
View ArticleIn the cafe where you can pay what you want, what would you choose?
Cafes serving meals made with ‘intercepted’ ingredients that were destined for landfill are opening up across the UK. You simply add up your own billHow much would you pay for food in a cafe which does...
View ArticlePeace and loaf: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
Peace and Loaf makes eating out an adventure. But that doesn’t mean it is not serious about serving good food217 Jesmond Road, Newcastle (01912 815 222). Meal for two, including drinks and service,...
View ArticleThe foodie traveller in … São Paulo state, Brazil
The Leão Vermelho is a quirky dining experience held in the chef/waiter/bottle-washer’s grandparents’ house and inspired by Harry Potter. The food’s pretty fantastic, too …Top 10 bars in São PauloThe...
View ArticleThe Stein family saga: 40 years of the Seafood Restaurant
In the years since Rick and Jill Stein first opened for business in Padstow, they’ve survived a messy divorce and celebrity, while raising three sons. Here, the first family of fish look back and tell...
View ArticleThe New York pop-up restaurant that takes its dishes from the rubbish bin
Chef Dan Barber is unflinchingly proving that food waste can be deliciously repurposed. My old lettuce, I fear, is beyond help…Few things in life are more shaming than poking around in the crisp box of...
View Article10 of the best cocktail bars in Chicago
Some of Chicago’s historic bars have been around since the prohibition era and retain the glamour of the 1920s, while even the newcomers doff their fedora to the speakeasy. All serve a mean cocktail•...
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