'It's the sort of place that people who adore prodding and sniffing their food will love… with a polite, slightly long-winded passion,' Marina O'Loughlin says
A historic dower house hotel in an idyllic Wiltshire village is more than matched by its excellent restaurant. Even the other guests are well-chosen, says Sally Shalam
Keen microwaver Jonathan Thompson heads to Provence, in the south of France, to learn the art of fine cuisine at the house of celebrated chef Alain Ducasse
Felicity Cloake: It took the invention of baking powder to make such rich, buttery cakes possible. Since then the British have had plenty of time to perfect it
Angela Hartnett's midweek suppers: The delicate flavour of white asparagus shines when it is cooked lightly and simply as in this easy-to-prepare chicken dish
Sales of sliced, wrapped bread are down. But before consigning plastic bread to the dustbin, consider these five dishes that definitely go better with humble white bread