Letters: Myrtle Allen was great company
Myrtle Allen attended the non-denominational Newtown school, Waterford, founded by the Religious Society of Friends, as did her eventual husband, Ivan Allen, a member of a well-known Irish Quaker...
View ArticleThe world on a plate: the diverse kitchens of Queens, New York
A food tour of New York’s most multicultural borough revels in Latin American and Asian cuisine, but also highlights how gentrification threatens to end this riot of flavours. Lead photo: Alamy. All...
View ArticleManners or morals? The choice is easy when the stakes are this high |...
People like the owner of the Red Hen restaurant have a right to express opinions about how government is being conductedOn 22 June, Stephanie Wilkinson, owner of The Red Hen, a restaurant in Lexington,...
View ArticleUK restaurant numbers drop for first time in eight years
Sector is suffering due to rising costs and economic uncertainty, say analystsThe number of restaurants in the UK has fallen for the first time in eight years as sales stagnate and costs rise.On...
View ArticleA visit to the Red Hen restaurant, where death threats mix with letters of...
Divided response to the Sarah Sanders incident is ‘a microcosm of what’s going on in the country’, say local residentsLast Friday night, when Stephanie Wilkinson, the owner of the Red Hen, decided to...
View ArticleNeptune, London: 'A scampi-flavoured Studio 54' – restaurant review
It’s incredibly beautiful to look at, but does this hip new seafood joint live up to the hype on the plate?Naming a fish restaurant after Neptune, Roman god of the sea, is a swaggering move. Even...
View ArticleHouse of Commons: ‘smell of boiled cabbage’ – restaurant review
The idea of visiting the Strangers’ Dining Room is exciting, the reality sadly disappointingStrangers’ Dining Room at the House of Commons, Westminster, London SW1A 0AA. Visit parliament.uk to book....
View ArticleThe 'fun' queue: how standing in line became an event in itself
Wimbledon’s queues are legendary, but now streetwear brands and restaurants are turning them into places to make friends and be seen, while documenting the experience on InstagramFrom John McEnroe’s...
View ArticlePasture, Bristol: 'This man seriously wants to feed you' – restaurant review
It’s one of those menus that I adore: something for everyone and the devil hiding in a hundred raunchy detailsSix months into my tenure as your restaurant correspondent, I have decided that the city,...
View ArticleSkye Gyngell: how Alice Waters changed my life | The cook’s cook
The Australian chef on the mussels dish by Alice Waters that influenced her cookingChez Panisse by Alice Waters is one of the very first cookbooks I got. My father gave me a copy for Christmas when I...
View ArticleUgly Dumpling, London: ‘Inventive, cheap and hit-and-miss’ – restaurant...
Some of the food may be flawed and exceedingly silly – but it worksUgly Dumpling, 1 Newburgh Street, London W1F 7RB (020 7287 5336). Meal for two, including drinks and service £25-£40Having a long...
View ArticleConfessions of a messy eater
The souvenirs of a tikka masala, tomato sauce or a Chinese meal down your shirt front are nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, it should be a badge of prideRecently, in a restaurant, I saw something...
View ArticleBright, London E8: ‘Future-facing, lovingly sourced and whip-smart’ -...
An ever-changing, reassuringly brief menu that is challenging without losing its coolBeing cool is a complex, multi-faceted thing. I wrote a fortnight ago about Neptune in Bloomsbury, a restaurant...
View ArticleHolborn Dining Room: ‘Its pork pie is a bold expression of pig’ – restaurant...
If you come here and don’t order a pie, you’ll only have yourself to blame. Don’t let me down, says Jay RaynerHolborn Dining Room, 252 High Holborn, London WC1V 7EN (020 3747 8633). Meal for two,...
View ArticleFood with a view: great places to eat outdoors
From beachside shacks to a cowshed with an art gallery, five outdoor cafes and restaurants where the landscape is stunning – and the food is betterPorthcurnick Beach, Portscatho, Truro,...
View ArticleYevgeny Chichvarkin: ‘I am still Russian, but home is an occupied territory’
He made millions in Yeltsin’s Russia, then fled Putin’s Russia for Mayfair. After setting up the ‘best wine shop in the world’, Yevgeny Chichvarkin now aims to do the same with food“You know,” Yevgeny...
View ArticleMore than 500 Gaucho workers lose jobs as restaurant group folds
Cau will close immediately while 16 Gaucho outlets will still trade as a buyer is soughtMore than 500 restaurant workers have lost their jobs after the Gaucho restaurant group called in administrators....
View ArticleSambal Shiok, London N7: ‘Pure joy' – restaurant review
This Malaysian laksa bar offers an all-hits menu full of unfathomably good foodIt’s often insisted, especially by chefs, that the greatest culinary experiences are the most simply hewn. Nigel Slater,...
View ArticleThe Duke of Richmond, Hackney: ‘Nothing prissy or mannered here’ – restaurant...
Any kitchen that has a crab chip butty and suckling pig on the menu is fine by Jay Rayner. This is what happens when a super-talented chef takes over a local boozerThe Duke of Richmond, 316...
View ArticleJonathan Gold, first restaurant critic to win a Pulitzer, dies aged 57
The Los Angeles Times reported Gold died Saturday after being diagnosed earlier this month with pancreatic cancerJonathan Gold, the first restaurant critic to win the Pulitzer prize for criticism, has...
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