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Yes, it can be hard to get a restaurant table. But it can be impossible if you’re a wheelchair user

My lunch with a disability access campaigner was an eye-opener. Even booking was a problem

Zucco, Leeds: ‘All the essentials are attended to’ – restaurant review

A note-perfect Italian in Leeds carries the legacy of a great London restaurateur in its bones

Levante, London: ‘A very happy find’ – restaurant review

A classic Turkish grill house comes to the rescue on a cold grey day in Lewisham

Bali Satay House, London: ‘Deserves all the good words’ – restaurant review

There’s live music at this satay house, but it’s the food you’ll want to make a song and dance about, writes Jay Rayner

‘One taste explodes like a moon rocket booster’: readers’ favourite foodie finds in Europe

Lava soup in Iceland, assassins’ pasta in Bari, Georgian breads and Norfolk seafood … our tipsters pick their favourite culinary treats across the continent

Glug! Braap! Phlank! Why the sound of dinner matters

The spring-fresh zzzzest of a supermarket lemon. The noisy kiss a last squeeze from a squeezed-out bottle of honey makes. Sound can be as strong a reminder of meals as smell

Erchen Chang’s secret ingredient – fermented mustard greens

Common in Chinese and Taiwanese cooking, this pickle will add a tasty crunch to fried rice, noodle soup and grilled fish

‘It worked because it’s an upbeat campaign’: Veganuary’s founders on 10 years of changing minds

Over vegan ribs and K-dogs, Jane Land and Matthew Glover tell how they became the power couple of a plant-based revolution

Where chefs go to grab a bite: great pizza, sushi, cafes and value for money meals across the UK

Butties in Leeds, burgers in St Andrews … get some local knowledge from top chefs of meals that won’t break the bank

Fenix, Manchester: ‘Joyously over the top’ – restaurant review

The decor may be OTT, but the modern Greek cuisine here is simply exceptional

Can’t face yet another menu offering charred hispi? This 50-year-old cookbook will help

Even at its most old-fashioned, Jane Grigson’s English Food is still bulging with exciting recipes. The perfect antidote to these jaded times

Beverley Knight: ‘When I’m on tour, my rider is kettle, water, teabags’

The singer and actor on why she’s teetotal, her mum’s Jamaican-style shepherd’s pie … and why Prince was the perfect dinner host

I have a new favourite wellness guru. And it’s not who you might think

Eat food that is mostly healthy, but also eat delicious food that isn’t healthy: these are the eminently sensible words of … Arnold Schwarzenegger

The Hunan Man, London: ‘The best Chongqing chicken I have ever had’ – restaurant review

Fortune favours the brave when tasting these superb but challenging chilli-boosted regional Chinese dishes

Gordo’s, Guildford: ‘It’s a food adventure playground’ – restaurant review

The sunshine-vivid Mexican flavours at this Latin American eaterie are the antidote to grey January days

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  • A local’s guide to the best eats in Turin
  • From cassoulet in Carcassonne to patisseries in Paris – a tour of France in 10 classic dishes
  • Dove, London: ‘inventive, unusual, tantalising’ – restaurant review
  • 10 Lisbon restaurants I’d recommend to a friend visiting the city
  • Dorian, London: ‘Truly refined decadence’ – restaurant review
  • Giovanni’s on The Hayes, Cardiff: ‘The smell of wine and hot tomatoes’ – restaurant review
  • The 50 best museum cafes in the UK
  • Shiki, Norwich: ‘Unexpectedly reasonable’ – restaurant review
  • ‘All around us was the low hum of contented diners’: readers’ favourite places to eat in Europe
  • In the mood for spring: feel-good wines in sync with the season
  • Herby panisses, fancy cauliflower pie, passion fruit creme caramel – Georgina Hayden’s recipes for a spring feast
  • No more wonky sourdough: in search of the perfect kitchen knife
  • A showstopper cake, perfect cookies and a surprisingly simple fondant – Tarunima Sinha’s chocolate recipes
  • Claudia Roden: ‘There hadn’t been cookbooks in Egypt – everything was just handed down’
  • ‘I could eat the lot!’: the best new Easter eggs for 2025
  • Social climbers: is non-stop content creation now what it takes for restaurants to survive?
  • The Crown, Arford: ‘Everything one might want’ – restaurant review
  • Breakfast fads come and go, but at heart, is Britain a nation of cereal eaters?
  • Dame Denise Lewis: ‘I love an apple crumble – just don’t talk to me while I enjoy myself’
  • Margo, Glasgow: ‘Something very special’ – restaurant review
  • Sharmilee, Leicester: ‘It really is worth your time’ – restaurant review
  • Seven restaurants to sample Spain’s hottest new chefs – without blowing the budget
  • Nord, Liverpool: ‘It’s very much a win’ – restaurant review
  • Jeremy Chan’s secret ingredient: dried porcini
  • Black pudding in the hole and buttery chicken curry – Gill Meller’s recipes for next level traybakes
  • Caroline Lucas: ‘I can’t imagine my parents ever voted Green, but they became less antagonistic’
  • 30 things we love in the world of food, 2025
  • Gilgamesh, London: ‘It’s a weird trip’ – restaurant review

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