Right up your street: favourite local shops in the UK, chosen by chefs and food writers

Fuchsia Dunlop, Dan Smith and Melissa Thompson tell us where they buy Chinese vegetables in London, heritage produce in Kent, and the best chicken you’ll ever eat

Gill Meller’s secret ingredient: smoked paprika

This spice gives anything from meat and fish to roast vegetables a deep, savoury hit. A little can go a long way

Simon Reeve: ‘At a Russian school the headmaster greeted us with a bottle of vodka. It wasn’t yet 9am’

The TV explorer’s career has been quite the journey, going from newspaper post boy to searching for bonobo monkeys in the rainforest

Lyme Regis: a real taste of the Dorset coast with an exciting new food scene

A thriving artisan quarter and inventive restaurants have injected new life into this genteel seaside town famed for its fossils and literary haunts

I eagerly await the English asparagus season, from tender start to woody finish

Until the 17th century, the vegetable was thought of as an ‘unimproved oddity’. But I could eat it morning, noon and night

Esme Young: ‘I got Mini Cheddars in the green room when I started on Sewing Bee. Still do’

The Great British Sewing Bee judge on her mother’s first edition Elizabeth David books, Greek food, and cramming people into her tiny flat for dinner

‘We’re trying to make it more inclusive’: the rise of Britain’s new wine bars

In the new wine bars springing up in cities, towns and even at the seaside, natural wines and small plates are in, sommeliers and snobbery are out

Food crazes make me want to roll my eyes. But first, pass me a crookie

History is littered with food fads, from pineapples to ‘poultry mania’ – and now, anything involving croissant dough

Dream Xi’an, London EC3: ‘I challenge you to find a nicer way to spend a couple of hours near the Tower of London’ – restaurant review

I have yet to leave any of Guirong Wei’s places not delightedly flecked with umami, sweet, hot and vinegary sauces

Josephine Bouchon, London: ‘Beautifully executed’ – restaurant review

They are putting the world to rights here on the Fulham Road, with every classic Lyonnais dish they serve

Hats off! It’s Tom Kerridge’s Easter recipes: shoulder of lamb, onion tart and a hot cross bun bread and butter pudding

The chef explains why cooks are like musicians and presents a special Easter menu with a lamb centrepiece and an indulgent dessert

Right place, long time: what are the secret ingredients that help a restaurant last for years?

The Sportsman, Melton’s and Prashad have thrived for two decades or longer. We meet the teams behind these evergreen favourites

Helen Rebanks: ‘Everyone in farming families knows how important the farmer’s wife is’

The author, artist and farmer’s wife tells how marmalade helped her find her literary voice – and why we can’t ignore the costs of processed foods

Easter egg taste test: will our baking queen love them to bits?

Benjamina Ebuehi tastes and rates 2024’s batch of high street chocolate treats

Poppy O’Toole’s secret ingredient – ’nduja

Fry eggs and cubed potatoes in this Italian pork paste for a spicy brunch, or toss vegetables in it for an umami hit