Freemasons: why England’s best restaurant swears it’s just a boozer
Its Asian-influenced menu has put the Lancashire pub on the foodie map, including a big win in the AA’s 2017 Hospitality Awards. But its owner says it’s still just a local for the villagersWhen is a...
View Article'You will be sexually harassed': just one of the perils of working for tips
Working for $2.13 an hour has become a normal part of American culture, but tipped workers are twice as likely to be living in poverty, and are mostly female “How are you doing today, sir? Dining in,...
View ArticleFlavour Bastard, London W1: ‘There’s me thinking Sexy Fish was as bad as it...
Rather than the screechy jazz, Nero should be fiddling somewhere in the background By the time you read this, everything that can possibly be said about this place’s attention-seeking name will have...
View ArticleSmart, not snobbish: the nice shops of the past feel like sideshows now | Ian...
From Lyons to Cranston’s, the great British tearoom exemplified the era of peak niceness. To savour its joys today I had to travel to YorkshireThe word nice has had such a bad press that my fingers...
View ArticleThe River Cafe's Ruth Rogers: 'Do I wish we served cheaper food? I’ve thought...
The nation’s eating habits have changed dramatically since Rogers opened her restaurant – focused on local, seasonal ingredients – 30 years ago. She says chefs aren’t control freaks but things turn...
View ArticleOx Club: ‘They know what they’re doing’ – restaurant review
This Leeds restaurant claims to be all about fire and smoke, but its kitchen is far more sophisticated than thatOx Club, 19a The Headrow, Leeds LS1 6PU (07470 359961). Meal for two, including drinks...
View ArticleMusical cookery at the Sportsman restaurant in Kent
Stephen Harris, chef at the much loved restaurant, explains how he mixes melodies and gastronomyI have heard people say they see colours when they cook, and that this is how they make sense of food. I...
View ArticleThe UK's 50 best Sunday lunches
From pubs in the Highlands to London’s Highbury, a zero-waste eatery in Brighton and an art haunt in Somerset, here are our 50 picks for a sumptuous Sunday ...Whether yours is a roast dinner, sharing...
View ArticleMidlands missed out when it comes to grub | Brief letters
Benefit clawback | Sleeveless Errand | Sunday lunches supplement | Cornish artYour editorial on universal credit (30 September) grossly underestimates the rate of benefit clawback at 65%. You omit the...
View Article10 of the best restaurants near New York’s main attractions
It’s easy to grab a burger in Times Square but much more rewarding to walk a block or two and eat well with the locals. We asked our NYC correspondent to choose great places to eat near the city’s...
View ArticleNine-seat Araki sushi restaurant wins three Michelin stars
London eatery joins four other top-rated UK establishments, including Fat Duck and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, in 2018 guideA sushi restaurant in London with just nine seats is the latest British eatery...
View ArticleJellyfish surprise: New Zealand chef stirs debate with menu of imported stingers
Jacob Brown would like to expand his menu to include possums, wasps, ants and wild Canadian geeseAn environmentally minded New Zealand chef is selling hundreds of plates of imported jellyfish a month...
View ArticleNine seats, three Michelin stars: are tiny restaurants such as the Araki...
The latest addition to the Michelin Guide’s top tier is tiny. But it’s far from the only small-scale diner to have big ideasThis week, the Araki restaurant off Regent Street in central London became...
View ArticleScheme to avert Brexit staff crisis will come too late, says hospitality...
British Hospitality Association writes to ministers as it emerges that qualification in hospitality will not be introduced until 2022Government plans to help find an army of British baristas,...
View ArticleThe Quality Chop House, London EC1: ‘An almost pitch-perfect meal’ –...
Here is that rarest of creatures, a supremely talented chef who appears to be ego-free I was sad when Denis Leary was accused of nicking other comedians’ work. I liked him a lot, before he went all...
View ArticleAngkor Soul, Stockport: ‘It lives up to its name' | Jay Rayner
It’s a popular restaurant, a café and a record shop, too. But all that matters is the great Cambodian home cookingAngkor Soul, 12 Stockport Road, Marple, Stockport SK6 6BJ (0161 222 0707). Lunch £30,...
View ArticleBlack Swan country pub in Yorkshire named world's best restaurant
Family-run inn in Oldstead beats fine-dining rivals Blumenthal and Blanc in global poll based on millions of reviewsA country pub in North Yorkshire has been named the best restaurant in the world...
View ArticleBlack Swan head chef: 'I think people like that we're quite chilled out'
British pub that won ‘best restaurant in the world’ prides itself on serving innovative food in friendly atmosphereThe Black Swan in the village of Oldstead on the edge of the North York Moors isn’t...
View ArticleChef and activist Alice Waters: 'Beauty is the language of care'
In her much-anticipated memoir, Alice Waters describes how Montessori ideas about ‘learning by doing’ inspire her in everything from running a kitchen to her work on reforming schoolsLike most people...
View ArticleHow Alice Waters changed the landscape of food
In challenging the American throwaway culture built on entitlement and instant gratification, Alice Waters has changed the way we think about food Read an excerpt from Alice Waters’s newly published...
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