Drinking outside the box
Pouches, magnums, half-bottles, the much maligned wine box – good quality drink doesn’t have to come in one size
OFM awards 2016 best market: the runners-up
From Ely to Stroud via Stockbridge, OFM readers vote for their favourite markets
OFM Awards 2016 best market: St George’s Market
A mix of tradition and innovation put Belfast’s historic St George’s market – voted Best Market by OFM readers – at the heart of the city’s changing food scene
Reverend Richard Coles: ‘If you doubted the possibility of miracles, I made it to the semis of MasterChef’
From pop stardom and battles with drugs and depression to Radio 4 regular, he’s no ordinary vicar
OFM Awards 2016 lifetime achievement: Pierre Koffmann
The Frenchman who taught generations of British chefs – including Marco Pierre White and Gordon Ramsay – wins Observer Food Monthly’s prestigious award
Lang Lang: ‘Beethoven was a sausage lover’
The superstar Chinese pianist on the rigours of childhood practice, mum’s home cooking and sharing a flat with his dad and some mice
OFM Awards 2016 best place to drink: the runners-up
OFM readers choose their favourite venue for a tipple
OFM Awards 2016 best place to drink: Bar Termini
Come to Soho’s Bar Termini – voted Best Place to Drink by OFM readers – for the perfect £1 espressos, stay for the brilliant house negronis
OFM Awards 2016 best Sunday lunch: Blacklock
Sundays haven’t been the same since London’s Blacklock opened its doors. Even competitors are in awe of the food voted Best Sunday Lunch by OFM readers
OFM awards 2016 best Sunday lunch: the runners-up
The best Sunday pub roasts and restaurant dinners, as voted by OFM readers
OFM awards 2016 best independent retailer: the runners-up
Farm shops, delis and specialists from across the UK, as voted for by OFM readers
OFM Awards 2016 best ethical restaurant: the runners-up
OFM readers’ choices for places to eat that have a conscience
OFM Awards 2016 best independent retailer: Sous Chef
Does your recipe call for shredded jellyfish? Gojuchang? Pistachio paste? Sous Chef, OFM readers’ Independent Retailer of the Year, has everything you need
OFM Awards 2016 best ethical restaurant: Silo
At his Brighton restaurant, voted Best Ethical by OFM readers, Doug McMaster grinds his own flour, churns his own butter, and ships his coffee in by sailboat
OFM Awards 2016 outstanding achievement: Social Bite
George Clooney put the Edinburgh cafe with a mission to help the homeless on the map. So what comes next?